Senior Social Worker - Court Work

Liquid Personnel is looking for an experienced Senior Social Worker to join the service on a non case holding basis in Durham. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner with strong court work knowledge to provide support across the service, ensuring high standards of practice and positive outcomes for children and families. The successful candidate will primarily support with court proceedings, ensuring statutory timescales are met and that all work is completed to a high standard. In addition, you will undertake a variety of non case holding tasks as directed by the Team Manager, providing professional expertise and support to colleagues across the team.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Provide specialist support and oversight on court cases, ensuring work is completed within required timescales.


• Support social workers with court reports, statements, assessments, and care planning.


• Ensure the quality of practice and documentation meets statutory and local authority standards.


• Offer guidance, mentoring, and professional support to team members.


• Undertake audits and quality assurance tasks as required.


• Work collaboratively with managers and partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and families.


• Complete additional non case holding duties as requested by the Team Manager.

Benefits of the role:

• Competitive rate of pay at £32.73 per hour.


• Opportunity to focus on quality assurance and court work without managing a caseload.


• Supportive management team and collaborative working environment.


• Access to experienced colleagues and strong peer support.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Social Work England registration.


• Eligible to work in the UK.


• Hold a full UK driving licence.


• Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Services.


• Extensive experience of court work and care proceedings.


• Degree level qualification in Social Work or equivalent.

Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity.

Why Liquid Personnel?

•  Free DBS and compliance service


• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly


• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies


• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal


• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge


• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK


• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*


• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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