Social Worker - Children’s Safeguarding & Care Planning

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Children’s Safeguarding & Care Planning Team at Teesside.
This is a rare opportunity to work within a local authority that has been recognized by Ofsted for its "unwavering commitment to children" and "exceptionally strong management oversight." If you want to work in an environment where caseloads are manageable and the "voice of the child" is truly at the heart of practice, this is the role for you.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Managing a caseload of children and young people subject to Child Protection Plans and Children in Need.
• Conducting thorough, child-centred Section 47 investigations and risk assessments.
• Leading on Public Law Outline (PLO) and representing the authority in court proceedings where necessary.
• Collaborating with a multi-agency "Children’s Hub" to ensure early help and preventative measures are integrated into long-term safety planning.

Benefits:

• National Recognition: Work for a service recently rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted (2024), where practice is described as "consistently good across all parts of the service."
• Competitive Pay: A flat rate of £36.00 per hour.
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid working arrangements are standard, allowing for a mix of home-based and office-based tasks.
• Supportive Environment: Benefit from a stable workforce with limited use of interim workers, ensuring better continuity for children and more peer support for you.
• Front-Door Excellence: Work alongside a "very strong front-door service" that ensures cases are triaged effectively before reaching the safeguarding teams.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Education: Degree in Social Work.
• Registration: Active registration with Social Work England.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years post-qualifying experience in a statutory Safeguarding, Child Protection, or Assessment team.
• Skills: Excellent report-writing skills (especially for court) and the ability to build "enduring and trusting relationships" with families.
• Travel: Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for community visits.

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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