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Civic Centre / Home Working / MASH – Ty Trevithick

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub is a dynamic and highly rewarding environment at the heart of Children's Services, where timely decision-making helps keep children safe and promotes positive outcomes for families. Representing Children's Services within MASH, you will work collaboratively with a range of partner agencies, sharing information, assessing risk, and ensuring that children and young people receive the right support at the right time.

This role offers a unique opportunity to develop expertise in threshold decision-making, safeguarding, risk assessment, and multi-agency working. Our supportive and experienced team values professional curiosity, reflective practice, and continuous learning, providing supervision, training, and career development opportunities.

Working in MASH means being part of a fast-paced, dedicated team that makes a significant impact from the first point of contact. If you are passionate about safeguarding children, enjoy partnership working, and thrive in an environment where your professional judgement can make a real difference, we would welcome your application.

For further information please contact Maisie Duckworth on 01685 725000 or email Maisie.Duckworth@merthyr.gov.uk

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 05.11.2026 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.

Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.