About the role
Our client is actively seeking a qualified and experienced Children's Social Worker to join their Multi-Agency Child Health (MACH) Team. This critical front-line safeguarding role operates as the multi-agency front door for children's services, working closely with partners to ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time.
As a Social Worker within the MACH Team, you will be responsible for the triage and screening of referrals, assessing risk, and making timely decisions to safeguard children. The role offers a unique opportunity to work in a co-located environment alongside Police, Health, and Education professionals, promoting effective information sharing and collaborative decision-making.
Benefits of the Role
- Competitive pay rate of £31.74 per hour
- Opportunity to work within a dynamic multi-agency safeguarding service
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Valuable experience within a fast-paced front-door service
- Strong partnership working with Police, Health, and Education professionals
What You Will Be Doing
- Screening and triaging contacts and referrals relating to children and families
- Assessing levels of risk and determining appropriate safeguarding responses
- Working collaboratively with partner agencies to share information and support decision-making
- Progressing referrals promptly and ensuring appropriate allocation
- Maintaining accurate case records, assessments, and reports
- Identifying needs and ensuring timely interventions are put in place to safeguard children
We require you to have
- Social Work England registration. • Eligible to work in the UK. • Post-qualified experience within Children's Social Care. • Experience of safeguarding and assessment work. • Degree level or equivalent in Social Work.
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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