MASH Social Worker /Senior Social Worker, Permanent in Newton

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job located at Waterwells, Quedgeley.

We are currently recruiting for MASH Social Workers to join our Front Door team.

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Salary between £39,152 - £47,181 per annum subject to experience
• £4000 welcome payment*
• £2,000 retention payment*
• Up to £8,000 relocation package**
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly policies and benefits
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• In-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Access to Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

*Please note that all our welcome and retention payments are subject to terms and conditions as well as tax and national insurance deductions.

**Please note that our relocation policy is subject to terms and conditions.

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, and an ambitious leadership team.

Our team structures are designed to ensure there is the right level of support and management oversight available to staff within the Front Door / MASH. The MASH is a supportive team who welcome and fully induct new starters.

As a social worker within our MASH team, you will work to ensure we keep the children and young people at the heart of our assessments and decision making. You will need a clear understanding of the principle and function of a Front Door / Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub.

The ideal applicant will have:

• Social Work England registration
• Ideally experience within a MASH team
• A recognised qualification in Social Work
• Passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) (if you qualified after 2012)
• DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s)

For an informal chat about this role, please contact us. We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Interviews are due to take place in person on Monday 11th May.

We welcome applications from newly qualified and social workers in the early years of their career.

We may be able to offer sponsorship for this role, in line with Home Office guidance and subject to pre-employment checks.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email.

Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview.

This position is subject to a DBS check. Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles.