Liquid Personnel is currently looking for an experienced Social Worker to join our client’s Children in Care Team in Wakefield.
 
As a successful Social Worker, you will be undertaking statutory visits to young people, preparing for, and attending CIC meetings, progressing/developing Care and Pathway Plans and assessing the needs of children and young people.

Your benefits as a Social Worker:

• Caseloads are manageable (approx 20)
• £35 – £39 per hour
• Highly supportive team and management
• Excellent training and development opportunities

 
What will you be doing as a Social Worker in Wakefield?

• Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy, and guidance
• Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally.
• Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
• Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people, and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.
• Maintain up to date, accurate and high-quality records of activity on cases.
• Participate in a range of planning and decision-making forums including case discussions, Strategy Meetings, Legal Planning meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Statutory Reviews
• Write court reports and give evidence in relation to children at risk during legal proceeding.

Essential requirements of this 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

 
Why Liquid Personnel?

• 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
• 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 £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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