Social Worker – Adoption – Liverpool – £36.79

Ashberry Recruitment; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Merseyside is seeking a Children's Social Worker to join their Adoption team for a placement in Liverpool. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of adoption regulations and involves managing a diverse caseload, ensuring quality standards, and preparing assessments. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience in adoption to effectively support children’s needs while working in a hybrid model.

Benefits

Dedicated Consultant support

Friendly compliance team

Essential Enhanced DBS

£250 Referral bonus

Qualifications

• Strong social work background within Adoption.
• Knowledge of regulations, legislation, and guidance.
• Can write concise assessment and reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse caseload with a child-centered approach.
• Champion good practice and maintain quality standards.
• Prepare Lifestory books for children and young people.

Skills

Communication

Decision Making

Risk Analysis

Teamwork

IT Skills

Education

DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work

Job description

Children’s Social Worker
Team: Adoption
Location: Liverpool
Rate: £36.79
Details:
This post is in Adoption in Merseyside, the Regional Adoption Agency in the Family Finding Team, to fully understand children’s needs and proactively seek out suitable adoptive families.

The candidate will have a strong social work career background within Adoption, as well as having comprehensive understanding of all adoption regulations, legislation, statutory guidance and processes. The role will manage a diverse caseload where the plan is adoption in line with policy and procedure, with a child centered approach, being able to effectively and safely analyse risk in order to make the right decisions.

There will be a need that quality standards are maintained and champion good practice to reduce risks, building on strengths through effective internal and external communication and excel in purposeful effective partnership working to undertake family finding activities.
The candidate will have excellent assessment, report preparation and planning skills, completing in an efficient manner according to statutory timescales and you will be confident in direct working and be able to prepare Lifestory books for the child/young person.

Hybrid Working 3 days on site per week- office base Knowsley
Minimum 3 month placement
35hr working week

Office Use: RQ1529493

Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
• Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups
• Possess knowledge of service needs.
• Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
• Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
• Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises

Why Ashberry?

• Dedicated experienced Consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search
• Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
• Provides your essential Enhanced DBS
• £250 Referral bonus.

For more information please contact Carly on 01282 525510 or [e-mail]