Social Worker - Childrens Safeguarding Team - Newport

Job Title: Social Worker - Children’s Safeguarding Team -  Newport
Location: Newport
Pay Rate: £38.43 per hour

About the Role:

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to join the long-term Children’s Safeguarding team. Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced professional with a passion for working with children and families, as well as expertise in identifying and managing child protection concerns or addressing ongoing issues. If you are passionate about this role, then apply now!

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will develop and implement measurable, timely interventions in Child Protection/ Children in Need (CIN) plans. You will identify when further intervention is required to protect children within your caseload and take appropriate action. You will champion practice improvement, actively participate in process, procedure, policy and strategy development. You will manage and assess risk, leveraging technical authority and deep expertise in social care practice. Additionally, you will support and mentor others while maintaining credibility and hands-on experience in complex cases.

Essential Requirements:

• Registered with Social Work Wales.


• Full UK driving license and access to a car.


• Eligibility to work in the UK.


• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work.


• Post-qualified experience.


• Significant experience in progressing Child Protection and Children in Need (CIN) plans.


• Expertise in assessing and managing risk in complex cases.


• Organized, resilient, and adept at balancing multiple priorities while focusing on the best outcomes for children.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly


• Twice weekly payroll


• Free DBS and compliance service


• 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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