Senior Social Worker - Locality Team

Liquid Personnel is seeking a committed and experienced Children’s Social Worker to join the Locality Teams, based at either the Central or Normanton office. This is a vital role within the Children’s Services, where you will be responsible for managing cases from the point of referral through to assessment, Child in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP), Public Law Outline (PLO), and initial court proceedings.
 
This role is ideal for a social worker who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families and who thrives in a fast-paced, supportive, and collaborative environment.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will 

• Hold and manage a caseload from initial referral through to assessment, CIN, CP, PLO, and initial proceedings.


• Undertake statutory assessments and develop child-focused plans that address identified risks and needs.


• Work in partnership with children, families, and multi-agency professionals to ensure effective safeguarding and support.


• Attend and contribute to child protection conferences, core groups, legal planning meetings, and court proceedings.


• Conduct home visits, direct work with children, and multi-agency meetings to monitor progress and review plans.


• Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality case records in line with statutory and local requirements.


• Participate in team meetings, supervision, and continuous professional development activities.

Benefits:

• Support from senior members of staff


• Great location with public transport links


• Competitive rate of pay

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Social Work England registration


• Eligible to work in the UK


• Hold a full UK driving licence


• Post-qualified experience


• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

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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