Screening Officer

Seven Social Care is looking for a Screening Officer to fill an exclusive opportunity in Redbridge.

 We have opportunities available for up to 12 months and the pay is £20.67 per hour.

 The Hiring manager is looking for someone who can work 36 hours a week (various shifts available from Monday to Sunday).

The role:

The Screening Officer role is pivotal to the initial management of concerns about children and young people at the 'front door' to children's social care and MASH. The role is responsible for the logging of all contacts into children's social care, initial screening of contacts and the provision of advice and information of contacts and directly to service users.

Key Responsibilities:

 Screening Officers are required to have a high standard of written and spoken English to deal with enquiries from the public, professionals, and legal departments.

Liaise with professionals from all areas of the Children's Trust such as the specialist posts within the MASH notably the Domestic Abuse Worker, No Recourse to Public Funds Worker, Health Visitor, Senior Social Worker based at King George Hospital and the Education Welfare Officer. In addition, they liaise with the Lead Designated Officer for the Local Authority (LADO), Early Intervention Team, Schools, Adults Social Services and Housing Services.

Complete MASH checks identifying unknown children's referrals that are sent into the hub.

Identify initially whether the subject is known to the department and if so, whether the case is current. To receive and record telephone referrals on new cases. Complete professional file redacting preparing files for other Local authority Social Workers and professions to view.

Direct and signpost members of the public providing advice and information on local services.

Work with duty Social Workers and Team Managers to apply the Redbridge Levels of Need, Indicators and Responses to incoming contacts.

If this role is something you'd be interested in or available to undertake, please could you reply to this email with your CV ASAP? Alternatively, if this role would not be suitable for you but you know someone who may be interested then please feel free to share my contact details.

Seven also run a referral scheme - if you know anyone looking for this type of work then please put them in touch, and we can pay you £250 once they are placed and have worked 100 hours!