Social Worker – Assessment and Short-Term Intervention – Birmingham

Liquid Personnel; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in social work is recruiting for a Social Worker to join Birmingham’s Assessment and Short-Term Intervention team. The role involves managing complex cases, conducting assessments under the Children Act, and providing critical support to vulnerable individuals and families. This position also offers hybrid working options and a competitive pay rate.

Benefits

Hybrid working available

Access to exclusive social work training

Free DBS and compliance service

Twice weekly payroll

Refer a Friend bonus

Qualifications

• Must have Social Work England registration and post-qualified experience.
• Eligible to work in the UK with a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex caseloads assigned by a Team Manager.
• Conduct Initial and Core Assessments and prepare Case Conference reports.
• Handle duty tasks and ensure timely, accurate documentation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Safeguarding skills

Education

Degree level in Social Work or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Social Worker – Assessment and Short-Term Intervention – Birmingham
Location: Birmingham(Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £30.57 – £33.30 per hour

About the Role:

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a social worker to join Birmingham’s Assessment and Short-Term Intervention (ASTI) team.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will manage complex caseloads assigned by a Team Manager, who will also provide supervision in line with organizational policies. Responsibilities include conducting Initial Assessments and Core Assessments, preparing Case Conference reports for initial conferences, and writing Section 7 and Section 37 reports under the Children Act 1989. You will also handle duty tasks such as taking initial referrals, facilitating supervised contacts, and ensuring timely, accurate documentation. The role demands strong analytical, communication, and safeguarding skills to support vulnerable individuals and families through effective, person-centred interventions and multi-agency collaboration.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working available
• Competitive rate of pay

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

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