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Social Worker Stockport MASSH

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£41,177 - £46,579 a year

About £2,760 - £3,090 a month after tax.

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Hybrid, Stockport
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Temporary, full-time hours
Experience
2+ years

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The role

Stockport Family is looking for two experienced social workers to join our First Response team within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub (MASSH) on fixed-term contracts. You will play an important role as the first point of contact for children and families, helping to understand their circumstances and identify the right response. Working alongside colleagues and partner agencies, you will bring together information, assess risk and need, and make clear, evidence-based recommendations about support and safeguarding.

You will respond to contacts from families, members of the public and professionals, completing MASSH enquiries, triage and assessments within agreed and statutory timescales. Through conversations with families and partner agencies, you will consider historical and current information, identify strengths and concerns, and analyse what these mean for the child. You will contribute to informed threshold decisions, recognising when early help is appropriate and when children need a statutory social work response, including identifying the need for section 47 child protection enquiries.

Working closely with teams across Stockport Family and our partners, you will help secure a coordinated response that meets each family's needs and minimises unnecessary points of transfer. You will keep accurate, timely records that explain your analysis and recommendations, ensuring the child's voice and the family's views inform your work. You will be accountable to the First Response Team Leader for the enquiries you undertake and contribute to decisions about the most appropriate next steps.

Your Role

Social Worker Stockport MASSH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub)
SO3 (£41,177 - £46,579)
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary, until 31st March 2028
Hybrid - Fred Perry House/Hybrid (office based via duty rota)

About You

You will have a recognised social work qualification, current or pending Social Work England registration, and at least two years' post-qualifying experience. You will bring sound knowledge of child protection, safeguarding, relevant legislation and early help, alongside experience of social work assessment and multi-agency working. You will be confident analysing complex information, assessing risk and children's needs, and explaining your professional judgement clearly.

You will be able to prioritise in a busy, unpredictable environment, communicate sensitively with families and professionals, and share information appropriately. You will be committed to anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice, understand restorative and systemic approaches, and recognise the strengths within families and communities. A willingness to reflect, learn and develop your practice is essential, alongside a commitment to working collaboratively and treating children, families and colleagues with respect.

If you enjoy purposeful conversations, thinking critically and working with others to make a difference for children, we would love to hear from you. Our practice is relationship-based, restorative and strengths-based, with children's experiences and families' views at the centre of our work.

Want to know more?

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity or other social work opportunities in Stockport, please contact either MASSH Service Leader David or the MASSH team Leader Jenny:

David Goldsworthy david.goldsworthy@stockport.gov.uk
Jenny Tindall jenny.tindall@stockport.gov.uk

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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Hiring process

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 25th November 2026
Shortlisting Date: 26th November 2026
Interview Date: 3rd December 2026
Interview Type: In person interview

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In Stockport Family we value diversity and the unique perspectives that each of us bring. We would like to increase the diversity of our workforce, and therefore would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds at all levels of the organisation.

What do social workers say about working in Stockport MASSH?

"After working as a locality social worker for 5 years, I moved to the MASSH as a Senior Social Work Practitioner. The MASSH offers an enjoyable new challenge; being the first point of contact with families; identifying early help support to allow families to continue leading their lives without social care intervention; assessing risk and acknowledging when there is a need for safeguarding input. It is a fast-paced and demanding role, however there is a real benefit to families and children through the work carried out on the MASSH." - Advance Practitioner

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

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Eligible at-risk employees are entitled to have their applications considered ahead of internal employees in line with the Council's Recruitment and Selection Policy. At risk employees are either employees in the last three months of their fixed term contract, or those who have been notified in writing that they are at risk by Human Resources following an employee consultation meeting. Employees wishing to be considered as an at-risk applicant are requested to email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk to inform Human Resources. At risk applications are only permitted for opportunities at the employees' current grade or grades below.

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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