Job Title: Children’s Social Worker – Shropshire – Project Team
Location: Shropshire
Rate: £33.30 per hour
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting registered and experienced Children’s Social Workers to join a busy project team at Shropshire.
Responsibilities:
As a Children’s Social Worker, you will work on a time-limited project for approximately four months, focusing on progressing the discharge of Care Orders for children placed with parents and applications for Special Guardianship Orders for children already in the care of connected carers or foster carers under Care Orders. You will be part of a small dedicated team supported by a project lead and additional capacity in the legal department to progress these discharges and enable children to live without ongoing statutory intervention. You will work with children who are accommodated, their families, and carers, writing timely child and family assessments and court statements, specifically placement with parent assessments, discharge statements in respect of Care Orders, and SGO assessments. You need to be skilled at organizing your diary, keeping focus on tasks, and working independently within a small team to progress all allocated discharges within the project’s lifetime.
Benefits of the role:
1. Hybrid working
2. A stable and established team recognized by Ofsted
3. Regular support/supervision
4. Opportunity for progressive professional development
5. Access to training materials
6. Four-month contract
Qualifications and Experiences:
To be successful in this role, you must have Social Work England registration, be eligible to work in the UK, hold a full UK licence, and have post-qualified experience. A degree level or equivalent in Social Work is also required.
Why Liquid Personnel?
7. ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
8. Twice weekly payroll and an internal ‘hours’ team
9. Free DBS and compliance service
10. Access to a specialist consultant
11. Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
12. Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
13. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
14. Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
15. “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
16. “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us*