Job Title: Social Worker (Children)
Location: Wrexham
Working Hours: Hybrid
Rate: £41.58 per hour
An exciting job role has recently become available in Wrexham. They are looking for a new member for their Leave Care Team.
Responsibilities:
Your primary responsibilities will include mentoring best practices and other Social Workers within the team, with trauma-informed approaches at the heart of your practice. You will work with a passionate and skilled workforce to enable care leavers to progress well and benefit from positive experiences. You will focus on effective transitions for young people aged 15 to 18, supporting them to develop confidence and life skills to navigate adulthood. Ensuring accommodation needs are carefully considered, you will help young people feel secure and respect their wishes around location to maintain important relationships. You will have access to in-house step-down provisions for care leavers, with the aim to develop more provisions. There will be a clear focus on education, employment, and training to help young people of all abilities choose the appropriate route to make the most of their opportunities when they leave care. You will provide a quality social work service that supports children to achieve their potential and positive transitions to adulthood, effectively manage a number of young people to achieve the best outcomes, model best practice, and mentor others. You will demonstrate a determined commitment to corporate parenting, working in partnership with children and young people to build and sustain relationships, identify needs, and develop plans and responses that meet those needs.
Benefits of the role:
1. Hybrid working available – Required to be in the office for 2 days a week only
2. Excellent rate of pay
3. joining a high performing team with excellent support
4. Wrexham aspire to build an even better service following on from their 2024 CIW visit the Leaving Care Team where they were acknowledged for the positive relationships built between social workers and our young people
5. Manageable caseloads
6. A newly refurbished office space
7. Visible, supportive, and determined managers
8. Diverse range of allocations providing an exciting, challenging and rewarding career
9. Effective leadership and management which helps to reduce risk for their social workers and the children and families they support
10. Excellent supervision and a supportive peer network
What we are looking for in a Social Worker:
11. Social Work England registration
12. Eligible to work in the UK
13. Hold a full UK licence
14. Post-qualified experience
15. Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
How to Apply:
If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your application through the Liquid Personnel website or for further information get in touch with us
Why Liquid Personnel?
We offer a ‘Faster Pay’ service to get you paid more quickly, along with twice weekly payroll and an internal ‘hours’ team. Enjoy our free DBS and compliance service, and gain access to a specialist consultant and exclusive roles not available from other agencies. Benefit from free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal, and work with your own dedicated consultant who has extensive social work knowledge. We provide access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK. Plus, take advantage of our “Refer a Friend” bonus, earning £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place, and our “Find your own job” bonus, earning £250 for bringing your own position to us.
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