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Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker – Huyton – Looked After Children Team

We are currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join the Looked After Children Team for Huyton.

Benefits as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:

  • Generic Caseload
  • Brilliant Flexible working opportunities
  • Agile working
  • Clear career pathways

Duties as a Looked After Children Social Worker include:

  • Work effectively on complex situations, use their initiative and evaluate their own and others practice.
  • Responsible for a caseload of more complex cases, providing advice to other social workers in relation to their cases.
  • Provides casework supervision to other social workers in the team and may also supervise students, trainees, less experienced professional team members, support staff and volunteers.
  • Participate in the planning / reviewing of cases.
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, their families, and carers.
  • Provide advice and support and promote independence and early intervention, as necessary.
  • Liaise with colleagues in own or other departments or external agencies to gather relevant information for assessment and care planning activities.
  • Maintain and update case notes and other records to required ethical and quality standards.
  • Write high quality reports as required and where required give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.

Further requirements:

As a social worker, you will Looked After Children up to age 14 and Cared for Children Permanency planning and court proceedings from the first hearing only – 3 sets of proceedings only 
 
What we are looking for in a Looked After Children Social Worker include:

  • 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

Why work with Liquid?

  • 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
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive criminal justice knowledge
  • Access to a wide selection of probation work positions across the UK

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“Refer a Friend” bonus – get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*

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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*

NS- 167535

Social Worker/ Senior Social Worker – Huyton – Looked After Children Team

Job details
Sector: Social work
Location: Huyton
Salary: £44.48 - £44.48 phr
Type: Temporary