About the role
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker for its client’s busy statutory Children and Young People’s Service team. The role involves holding and managing a varied caseload of Children in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP), and Looked After Children (LAC) cases, allocated by the Team Manager or Assistant Team Manager. The postholder will undertake high-quality assessments and work closely with multi-agency partners to develop, monitor, and manage effective plans that deliver positive and timely outcomes for children and young people.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Hold and manage a caseload of Children in Need, Child Protection, and Looked After Children cases.
- Undertake statutory assessments in line with legislation, guidance, and local procedures.
- Formulate, implement, monitor, and review child-centred plans to ensure children’s safety and wellbeing.
- Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to achieve sustainable and timely outcomes for children.
- Ensure the voice of the child is central to all assessments, planning, and decision-making.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality case records and reports using electronic systems.
- Participate in supervision and reflective practice with the Team Manager or Assistant Team Manager.
- Work in accordance with North Yorkshire County Council policies and statutory requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive agency rate of £37.79 per hour.
- Varied statutory children’s caseload.
- Supportive management structure.
- Opportunity to work within a well-established Children and Young People’s Service.
Skills and Qualification Required
To be successful in this role you must have;
- Degree level qualification in Social Work (or equivalent).
- Registered with Social Work England.
- Post-qualified experience within Children’s Services.
- Experience working with CIN, CP, and LAC cases.
- Strong knowledge of statutory social work legislation and safeguarding frameworks.
- Ability to work effectively with families and partner agencies.
- Eligible to work in the UK.
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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