Social Worker – Families First (Duty & Assessment / CIN)

Liquid Personnel is seeking experienced Social Workers to join its client's dedicated Families First team based in Trafford. This service is designed to strengthen assessment and planning for Children in Need, ensuring a consistent, high-status approach to CIN work across the borough. 

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Assessment & Planning: Undertake comprehensive Child and Family assessments to identify needs and develop robust support plans.
• Duty & Investigation: Participate in the team duty rota, which includes conducting Section 47 (S47) child protection enquiries as required.
• Case Management: Hold a manageable caseload of children supported through Child in Need (CIN) planning, focusing on achieving positive outcomes within family timescales.
• Relational Partnerships: Build strong, trust-based relationships with families and partners to facilitate the safe "step down" of plans to universal or early help services when appropriate.
• Locality Working: Work within a specific locality to ensure a deep understanding of community resources and needs.

Working Hours and Hybrid Pattern:  

• Office Presence: There is a strict requirement for candidates to be office-based at least 3 days per week.
• Team Structure: Teams operate on a rota basis for duty, ensuring a fair and varied workload for all staff members.
• Contract: Full-time agency cover.

Our Commitment:

• Service Excellence: Our Families First team is a specialized service designed to raise the status of CIN work and provide a consistent borough-wide approach.
• Manageable Workloads: We strive to maintain manageable caseloads to allow for high-quality, relational social work that truly makes a difference. 

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

• Social Work England registration and a recognized Social Work qualification.
• Frontline Expertise: Proven experience in Duty and Assessment or Child in Need services.
• Assessment Skills: Strong ability to undertake analytical Section 47 enquiries and risk assessments.
• Compliance: Candidates must provide a 5-year reference history (with all gaps checked) and must pass the DfE Recommendation Compliance Questions to be considered for submission.

Note to Applicants: Successful candidates will be those who can hit the ground running with assessments while demonstrating the emotional intelligence needed to build effective partnerships with families.
 
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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