Job Description
Job Title: Social Worker - Children & Families Location: Wakefield (Hybrid)Pay Rate: £25.79 per hour
Job Description:
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Children's Social Worker to join its client's Children & Families team based in Wakefield.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will,
* Manage a caseload involving complex and high-risk cases, including Child Protection, Child in Need, and Looked After Children.
* Conduct assessments and create care plans tailored to individual needs.
* Coordinate external support within budget limits.
* Collaborate with services to optimise resource use.
* Provide support and advice to ensure positive outcomes.
* Safeguard children at immediate risk and take necessary protective actions.
* Participate in duty rotations and respond to crises.
* Mentor and support new social workers and students.
* Make 'best interest' decisions, including liberty protection assessments and court report preparation.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have:* Social Work England registration* Eligibility to work in the UK* A full UK driving licence* Post-qualified experience* Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
* Free DBS and compliance service* Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service* Access to exclusive roles not 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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