Job Title: Social Worker – Looked After Children
Location: Dudley (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £33.30 per hour
About the Role:
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a social worker to join Dudley’s LAC team.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will support children in care by managing placements with parents and overseeing young people under interim care orders whose final plans involve adoption or long-term fostering. You will collaborate with the Court Social Worker to build relationships with families and carers, ensuring all Corporate Parenting responsibilities are fulfilled. Tasks include completing Children Looked After (CLA) visits, writing CLA review reports, chairing Personal Education Plan (PEP) meetings, and contributing to permanency planning. You will be based in the Children in Care service with strong collaboration with Family Safeguarding teams, requiring at least three years of post-qualification experience.
Benefits:
1. Hybrid working
2. Competitive rate of pay
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
3. Social Work England registration
4. Eligible to work in the UK
5. Hold a full UK driving licence
6. Post-qualified experience
7. Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
8. Free DBS and compliance service
9. Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
10. Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
11. Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
12. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
13. Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
14. “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
15. “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *