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*

“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*

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