Experienced Fostering Social Worker

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Fostering team, based in Manchester.

Join an "Outstanding" rated Local Authority (Ofsted) within their dedicated Kinship Team. This role is focused on high-stakes, court-directed assessments, requiring a practitioner who can balance clinical expertise with the rigorous timelines of the legal system.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Court-Directed Assessments: Lead and complete complex assessments of kinship foster carers as directed by the court, ensuring all evidence is analytical and robust.
• Fostering Regulation Compliance: Ensure all work meets the requirements of the Fostering Services Regulations and National Minimum Standards.
• Safeguarding: Utilize extensive child protection experience to identify risk and ensure the safety of children within kinship placements.
• Duty System: Participate in the team duty rota, which includes a requirement to work outside of standard office hours when the service demands.
• Time Management: Manage multiple assessment deadlines simultaneously, ensuring all reports are submitted to court and panels on time.

Qualification and Experience: 

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• Social Work England registration and a recognized Social Work qualification.
• Specialist Assessment Skills: Proven expertise in assessing kinship foster carers (Form C/K) is essential.
• Safeguarding Expertise: Strong background in child protection and safeguarding practice.
• Compliance: Candidates must provide a 5-year reference history (with all gaps explained) and must pass the DfE Recommendation Compliance Questions to be considered.
• Reliability: A track record of meeting strict deadlines and effective time management within a statutory setting.

Working Hours and Flexibility: 

• Office Presence: This role is mainly office-based, contributing to the collaborative environment of an outstanding-rated service.
• Out of Hours: Flexibility is required to work outside of standard hours when on duty.
• Contract: Full-time agency cover.

Our Client's Commitment:

• Outstanding Practice: Work within a local authority recognized by Ofsted for its excellence in leadership and frontline practice.
• Supportive Environment: Join a settled kinship team that prioritizes professional development and high-quality outcomes for children. 

Reasoning for Submission: 

Our client is looking for a "hit the ground running" practitioner. If you do not pass the preliminary DfE compliance questions, the application will not be progressed, ensuring a streamlined process for qualified experts.

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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