Team: Integrated Front Door Job Family: Providing - CBG7 Salary: £28,598 - £31,022 per annum, pro rata Hours: 2x Full time 37 hours, Mon-thurs 8:45 -17:20 and Friday 08:45-16:20 Location: Working from home and Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend Priory House twice a week and as needed to carry out your role Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 12th July 2026 Interview Date: W/C 20th July 2026 About the role: Central Bedfordshire Council is excited to offer an opportunity for two Referral and Advice Officers within our Integrated Front Door (IFD/MASH). This is a multi-agency and Integrated team at the Front Door of Children’s Services delivering an innovative and inspiring way of bringing services together to best benefit children, young people and families. The IFD provides a single point of contact for reporting concerns about child safety and well being, bringing together agencies and departments to enable ‘real-time’ sharing of information and support, helping families to access the support they need at the right time. We help vulnerable children who may benefit from additional Universal Services to Early Help services as well as children in need of social work support, protection and care. We work closely with a wide range of professionals; Education, Children’s Centres, Community Partners, Education Health Care (SEND), Early Years SEND, Youth Services as well as professionals from partner agencies; Police, Health, IDVA, KIDVA and Drug and Alcohol Services. There is significant development within this service (widening, strengthening, and embedding our integrated offer). Therefore this role offers the opportunity to be a part of a developing service and as such this will be an important part of this role. If you are interested in a role which means that you can be part of a programme of development, ensuring that families get the best possible service from the start of their journey when seeking or needing support, then this role will fit you well. As a Referral & Advice Officer you will be required to be undertaking daily safeguarding referrals by; gathering information, liaising with parents, carers, children/young people, families and internal and external colleagues in order to form recommendations in regard to safeguarding decisions, and ensure that families are getting the right support at the right time from the right services. You will also be required to participate in phone duty which involves taking telephone enquiries from colleagues and the community taking accurate details, asking relevant questions and giving advice /information where applicable. You may be required to deal with some high level safeguarding situations, assimilating this information, and taking advice and guidance as appropriate. The team operates to tight deadlines and timescales so being efficient is essential to the role. Essentially for this role you will have had experience of working within safeguarding parameters and procedures in a previous role and have a good understanding of what this means. We welcome applicants with previous experience in schools, those who have been working with children and families and working with partner agencies to children’s social care. Our Offer We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk%2Fcontent%2FOur-rewards-and-benefits%2F%3Flocale%3Den_GB&data=05|02|Michelle.Allen%40centralbedfordshire.gov.uk|9c6bd855970d4e58b81208dd02fd98a3|21d8a1ee07874374b2594e87058aff15|0|0|638670010389973825|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&sdata=TMWsc464vACccYq1XcQ3jCBI%2BJmGrEEEHnbXmR3qnJY%3D&reserved=0">Rewards and Benefits page</a> Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. 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For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Claire Gibb <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> 0300 300 4749 or Emily French at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or call 0300 300 6922. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Safeguarding: Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records. To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline. If you require assistance to apply for our roles, help with writing your CV, interview techniques or careers advice please contact our team of careers advisors at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> Our service is confidential, impartial and free for all.

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