About the role
Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker / Specialist Social Worker to join its Assessment & Intervention Service based in Southwark.
Working within a busy frontline Assessment Team, the successful candidate will undertake statutory social work duties, including completing assessments, managing safeguarding concerns, and delivering effective interventions to improve outcomes for children and families.
This is a hybrid role requiring attendance in the office two days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely.
What Will Your Responsibilities Be?
- Undertake child and family assessments.
- Carry out home visits and direct work with children.
- Complete Section 47 enquiries.
- Develop risk assessments and safety plans.
- Manage a complex caseload.
- Produce high-quality reports and assessments.
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure children are safeguarded and supported appropriately.
- Participate in the team's duty rota approximately every five weeks.
Qualifications & Experience
To be successful in this role you must have:
- Social Work England registration
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Hold a full UK driving licence
- Post-qualified experience
- Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Additional Information
- Hybrid working arrangement with office attendance required two days per week.
- 6-month temporary assignment.
- 36 hours per week.
- £39.04 per hour.
- Inside IR35.
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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