Directorate - Children and Young Peoples Services
Permanent, 37 hours per week.
Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People’s Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit our CYPS Microsite: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/childrens-social-work-jobs
Come join an OUSTANDING Local Authority. In Rotherham we want our social workers and practitioners to feel confident in their practice and supported to manage the emotional demands of their role. Our shared vision and values to improve outcomes for children and families drive practice across our services.
We are seeking to appoint a Service Manager to provide operational leadership across the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and our Engage Service, which delivers intensive interventions for children at risk of entering care.
Reporting to the Head of Service for First Response, you will provide leadership, direction and support to ensure the best outcomes for children at the front door and those on the edge of care.
About the Service
The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) sits within the First Response Service. All new information and referrals for HELP or HARM are screened within the MASH. We are proud of our strong relationships with partners who are co-located with us.
The MASH holds daily multi-agency meetings regarding domestic abuse, with Social Care and Early Help working together alongside partners to inform timely and high-quality decisions for children.
Alongside this, the Engage Service provides intensive, targeted interventions to support children and families where there is a risk of children entering care, focusing on keeping families safely together wherever possible.
How We Will Support You
We will support you in your practice and decision-making, so you never feel alone. Our culture of high support and high challenge provides our workforce with relevant training and learning to undertake great practice. We create space for reflection, learning from others, and constructive challenge, ensuring decisions are always in the best interests of children and families.
About the Role
As a qualified and professionally registered Social Worker with Social Work England, you will be a key member of the First Response Service, bringing experience, leadership skills, and a strong commitment to relational practice.
You will hold operational responsibility for both the MASH and Engage Service, ensuring:
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Effective and timely front-door decision-making for all contacts and referrals.
- Strong risk management and safeguarding oversight.
- Delivery of high-quality, performance-driven practice across both services.
- Robust oversight of the Engage Service’s intensive interventions, ensuring children at risk of entering care receive the right support at the right time.
- Clear focus on reducing risk and preventing unnecessary care entry.
- Strong multi-agency collaboration with partners.
Working with MASH Managers, Duty Managers, the First Response Service Manager, and partner agencies, you will ensure the effective and timely completion of work across teams and support practitioners to deliver the right service, within the right framework, at the right time.
Further Information
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please contact:
Kevin Buck – Head of Service, First Response: [email protected]
Closing date: 19th July 2026
Shortlisting date: 20th July 2026
Interview date: Week commencing 27th July 2026
This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
This post is classed as 'politically restricted' under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended). The full details of the restrictions are set out in the Statutory Instrument, but broadly the restrictions prohibit candidature from public elected office; holding office in a political party; as well as involvement in political activities such as canvassing or public speaking/writing.
