Senior Social Worker – Social Care Team

Liquid Personnel Limited.; Northeastern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 72,000 - 89,000; Full time

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Job summary

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join the South Suffolk team based in Sudbury. This role covers both rural and town localities, requiring a practitioner who is comfortable in a fast-paced environment and expert in managing the throughput of assessments and planning.

The successful candidate will undertake robust statutory assessments, manage CIN/CP cases, and participate in a duty rota while working across urban and rural Sudbury areas.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker with Social Work England.
• Experience with CIN/S17 and CP planning.
• Ability to work autonomously on complex cases.
• Must submit a completed DfE sheet.
• Residency in Suffolk or willing to stay in local area.
• 30 hours per week, could be completed over 4 days.
• Hybrid working: minimum 3 days per week in the Sudbury office.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Statutory Assessments: Undertake robust assessments under Section 17 (Child in Need) and Section 47 (Child Protection) in a timely manner.
• Caseload Management: Lead and manage cases for children subject to CIN and CP planning, ensuring interventions are outcome-focused.
• Duty Response: Participate in the duty rota, responding effectively to immediate safeguarding concerns and emerging risks.
• Locality Coverage: Provide high-quality social work services across the Sudbury area, including both urban and rural environments.
• Quality & Pace: Maintain a high pace of work to ensure cases move through the system without drift, ensuring children receive the right level of support at the right time.

Skills

Autonomous working

Assessment & Duty experience

Education

Social Work qualification

Registered with Social Work England

Job description

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join the South Suffolk team based in Sudbury. This role covers both rural and town localities, requiring a practitioner who is comfortable in a fast-paced environment and expert in managing the throughput of assessments and planning.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Statutory Assessments:Undertake robust assessments under Section 17 (Child in Need) and Section 47 (Child Protection) in a timely manner.
• Caseload Management:Lead and manage cases for children subject to CIN and CP planning, ensuring interventions are outcome-focused.
• Duty Response:Participate in the duty rota, responding effectively to immediate safeguarding concerns and emerging risks.
• Locality Coverage:Provide high-quality social work services across the Sudbury area, including both urban and rural environments.
• Quality & Pace: Maintain a high pace of work to ensure cases move through the system without drift, ensuring children receive the right level of support at the right time.

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Social Work England registrationand a recognized Social Work qualification.
• Experience Requirement:Proven experience in Assessment and Duty teams, specifically with S17, S47, and CP planning.
• Senior Level Skills:Ability to work autonomously on complex cases and support the team during high-demand periods.
• Compliance:A fully completedDfE sheetmust be submitted with your application.
• Residency Requirement: Candidates are required to either live in the county of Suffolk or be willing to stay in the local area for the duration of the contract.
• Flexible Hours:30 hours per week, with the possibility of completing these over4 days.
• Hybrid Working:A minimum of3 days per week in the officeis required, based at Uplands, York Road, Sudbury, CO10 1NF.
• Travel:A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for covering the rural and town patches.

Our Commitments:

• Community Focus:We take pride in serving both our town and rural communities, ensuring no child is left behind regardless of their location.
• Professional Standards: We support our Senior Social Workers in maintaining high standards of practice through clear management oversight.
• 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.