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Senior Social Worker – Sandwell – Children in Care

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Social worker for a role within a Children in Care for the under 14s & Over 14s Teams.

Our client has vacancies for Social Workers to join our Children in Care Teams within the newly realigned Operations Service.  Based in a locality model with a focus on good quality assessments and dynamic planning which deliver timely evidence-based interventions and the progress of pre-proceedings/care proceedings through to permanency planning, this service will strengthen partnership working with families in local communities.

Benefits as a Senior Social Worker:

  • Great transport links
  • Friendly and supportive team
  • Manageable caseloads
  • High-quality professional supervision
  • A bespoke induction package
  • Agile working including working from home opportunities and flexi time arrangements
  • A permanent senior management team
  • A service-wide mandatory Restorative Practice training programme with ongoing implementation of restorative practice across all services
  • Excellent staff engagement opportunities with quarterly staff briefing sessions, team manager meetings, staff reference groups and weekly chief officer chats
  • Generous relocation package
  • Local Government pension scheme
  • A generous annual leave entitlement
  • Defined career progression and pathway opportunities
  • Car-sharing scheme
  • A cycle purchase scheme and Travel pass
  • Childcare vouchers & Paycare health scheme (contributory)
  • Discounted leisure centre benefits

What will you be doing as a Senior Social Worker in Sandwell?

  • Work directly with disabled children
  • Cover and support duty
  • Carry out single assessments
  • Undertake child protection work, children in care work and high-level child in need
  • Work with a ‘children first’ approach
  • Incorporate social inclusion principles, anti-oppressive practice, and person-centred ways

Essential Requirements of this Senior Social Worker role:

  • Social Work England registration
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • Hold a full UK licence
  • Post-qualified experience
  • Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

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Senior Social Worker – Sandwell – Children in Care

Job details
Sector: Social work
Location: West Midlands
Salary: £44,091 - £44,091 pa
Type: Permanent