Qualified Social Worker - Hospital

Pertemps; Liverpool City Region; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency seeks a Qualified Social Worker for a dedicated Hospital Team in Merseyside. The role involves ensuring high-quality social care services, managing cases, and supporting vulnerable individuals, particularly children and families, to thrive. Applicants should have a passion for social work and relevant experience.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant

Easy online registration

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance management

Prompt payroll

Qualifications

• 2+ years qualified experience required.
• Experience working with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Make comprehensive assessments of risks and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Devise individual care plans.

Skills

Communication

Mediation

Negotiation

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Qualified Social Worker

Hospital

Location: Merseyside

Pay rate: £43 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Social Workers to join a dedicated Hospital Team. You will be joining a busy, supportive team and must have hospital experience. Your role will involve ensuring that practice is of good quality and meets the needs of patients, service users, and their families. You will supervise the day-to-day management of cases for which you are the named worker. Social Workers will intervene with legal and procedural authority to protect vulnerable people at risk of abuse or neglect; to help individuals, families, and groups to sustain and develop their capacities for independent living, and in complex situations, to prevent or resolve conflicts that may place individuals at risk.

Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care, you will support the delivery of person-centered, safe, and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience, you will make assessments and decisions about appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills, you will establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.

You will be committed to ensuring positive and sustainable outcomes of your interventions. Using best practices, you will strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, you will have a passion for supporting children and their families to thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experienced in working with children and families, including those from vulnerable groups.
• Experience working within Court, Children in Need, and Child Protection.
• Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking in approach.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
• Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
• Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
• Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans.
• Committed to providing our service users with high-quality service.
• Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis.
• 2+ years qualified.

In this role you will:

• Use your skills, knowledge, and experience to make comprehensive assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed caseload.
• Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, considering diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.

This is an agency post, and Pertemps can offer you:

• A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK, available for support.
• An easy online registration process.
• Referral schemes and incentives.
• Ongoing compliance management.
• Prompt payroll and much more.

This role is ideally located for those traveling from Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Trafford, Macclesfield, Warrington, Wigan, Huddersfield, Ashton under Lyne, Altrincham, Middleton, Urmston, Irlam, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Widnes, Sefton, Huyton, Wallasey, St Helens, Skelmersdale, Stretford, Eccles, and Salford, as well as Rochdale and Stockport.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn't suitable, contact us about other opportunities including IRO, BIA, MASH, Children Looked After, Localities, Court, Hospital, Children in Need, Child Protection, Fostering, Adoption, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager, and Assistant Team Manager.

Not looking right now? We also offer generous referral bonuses—please pass this on to colleagues or friends who may be interested!