Senior Social Worker – Complex Care Needs

Liquid Personnel; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development

Exclusive CPD portal access

Refer a Friend £500 bonus

Find your own job £250 bonus

Free DBS and compliance service

Faster Pay payroll service

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Senior Social Worker for the Complex Care Needs Team in Wakefield. You will support children and young people with complex health needs, working within statutory frameworks and multi-agency partnerships.

This full-time agency role offers £35 per hour with condensed hours considered, and opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• BA or MA in Social Work, or Diploma in Social Work.
• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Significant post-qualification experience in statutory children’s services.
• Experience with Child in Need, Child Protection and Children in Care.
• Knowledge of the Signs of Safety model.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload and complete statutory assessments, care plans and reviews.
• Undertake safeguarding work and manage risks.
• Direct work with children and families, recording views.
• Apply Signs of Safety model and evidence-based practice.
• Mentor and supervise newly qualified social workers.
• Contribute to multi-agency meetings and service development.
• Prepare reports and support court proceedings.
• Collaborate with partner agencies.

Skills

Communication skills

Court proceedings

Risk assessment

Mentoring

Education

BA/MA in Social Work

Diploma in Social Work

Job description

Senior Social Worker – Complex Care Needs

Wakefield

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Senior Social Worker – Complex Care Needs Team for its client’s Children & Young People’s Services team based in Normanton, Wakefield. This is a full-time agency role offering £35 per hour, with condensed hours considered.

What will your responsibilities be?

You will join the Complex Care Needs Team, supporting children and young people aged 0 to 18 with complex health needs and disabilities.

You will manage a varied and complex caseload involving Child in Need, Child Protection and Children in Care, while working closely with children, families, carers, the Short Breaks Team and other partner agencies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a complex caseload and completing statutory assessments, care plans and reviews.
• Undertaking safeguarding work and effectively managing risks to children and young people.
• Completing direct work with children and families, ensuring their wishes and views inform assessments and decisions.
• Applying the Signs of Safety model and evidence-based social work practice.
• Building effective relationships with families, carers and multi-agency professionals.
• Preparing high-quality reports and maintaining accurate and timely case records.
• Contributing to court proceedings and presenting professional evidence when required.
• Coordinating and reviewing services and interventions to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Providing mentoring, supervision and professional guidance to newly qualified social workers and students.
• Contributing to team development, service improvements and multi-agency meetings.

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification, such as a BA or MA in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, or equivalent.
• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Significant post-qualified experience within statutory children’s social work.
• Experience working with children, young people and families.
• Strong experience in statutory assessments, safeguarding and complex case management.
• Experience working with Child in Need, Child Protection and Children in Care cases.
• Knowledge and practical experience of the Signs of Safety model.
• A strong understanding of child development, safeguarding legislation and child protection procedures.
• Experience working collaboratively with multi-agency and partnership organisations.
• The ability to manage risk, negotiate, professionally challenge and make sound decisions.
• Excellent communication, report-writing and court skills.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or supervising social work students or newly qualified social workers.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• A willingness to undertake further training and professional development.

Experience working specifically with children with disabilities is desirable but not essential. Training and support will be provided in disability-specific practice.

Benefits of the Role

• Excellent hourly rate of £35.
• Flexible working arrangements, with condensed hours considered.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children and families.
• Professional development and ongoing training opportunities.
• Opportunity to develop leadership, mentoring and supervisory skills.
• Supportive multidisciplinary team environment.
• Exposure to varied and complex statutory social work practice.
• Opportunity to contribute to service development and improved outcomes for vulnerable children.

Please Note: A satisfactory enhanced DBS check, current Social Work England registration and relevant pre-employment checks will be required.

• 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 *

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.

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.