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Social Worker - Looked After Children

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Social Work England registration
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • Hold a full UK driving licence
  • Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Responsibilities

  • Manage a caseload of typically 20–24 cases, including complex Child in Need (CIN) and Child Protection (CP)
  • Attend the office up to three times per week, with full-time presence required during duty weeks
  • Participate in fortnightly supervision meetings
  • Travel across Torbay and occasionally out of the county to visit children

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Supervision

About the company

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Liquid Personnel

Staffing & Recruiting

Liquid Personnel is a specialist social work and healthcare recruitment consultancy. Founded in 2006, we are now the leading provider of agency social workers in the UK, trusted by over 150 organisations nationwide to provide exceptional agency staff. We also specialise in the following divisions: • Nursing - temporary and permanent nurses • Allied Health Professionals - temporary occupational therapists and physiotherapists • Criminal Justice - temporary prison nurses, probation officers, and youth offending officers Accreditations: - Listed in the UK's Best Medium Workplaces Awards 2013 - 2017; winners of the Laureate Award 2017, recognising that we have been ranked in the awards for 5 years in a row - 24th in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2016 - Winners of the Best People Development Business Award and Best Back Office Support Team Award 2016 at the Institute of Recruitment Professionals Awards - 7th fastest-growing business in the Manchester area in the Greater Manchester Fastest 50 2016 - 11th in Recruiter Fast 50 2016 rankings - Winners of "Best Large Recruitment Agency"​ at the Recruitment Business Awards 2015 - Holders of Investors in People status - Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Members - 'Disability Confident Employers'​

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Looked After Children team, based in Torbay.

What will your responsibilities be? 

  • Caseload Expectations: Typically, 20–24 cases, including a mix of complex Child in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP), and assessments
  • Remote Working: Office attendance is expected up to three times per week. During duty weeks, full-time office presence is required. Remote working is permitted but staff must remain available to respond to crisis situations and Section 47 enquiries
  • Supervision: Frequency varies by team; for example, in my team, supervision is held fortnightly
  • Progression Opportunities: Pathways exist for career development and permanent roles
  • Travel Requirements: Candidates must be able to travel across Torbay and occasionally out of county to visit children placed outside the area
  • Duty Rota: Teams cover duty one full week every three weeks
  • Contract Length: Long-term placement 

Benefits - Accommodation Allowance: £150 per week

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

  • Social Work England registration 
  • Eligible to work in the UK 
  • Hold 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, 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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