Social Worker – Children in Care

Liquid Personnel; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is seeking a qualified Social Worker to join a Children in Care team in Wakefield. The role requires Social Work England registration, experience in social work, and the ability to manage complex cases. Responsibilities include providing social work services, managing caseloads, and acting as an expert witness when needed. Benefits include free DBS service, twice weekly payroll, and access to exclusive training. This position offers a salary of £35 per hour.

Benefits

Free DBS and compliance service

Twice weekly payroll

Access to exclusive training and CPD

Dedicated consultant

Refer a friend bonus

Find your own job bonus

Qualifications

• Must have Social Work England registration.
• Eligibility to work in the UK is essential.
• A valid UK driving licence is required.
• Post-qualified experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Undertake preventative work with service users.
• Deliver a Social Work service to families and carers.
• Manage complex caseloads and make decisions.
• Ensure appropriate care for service users.
• Act as an expert witness in legal settings.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments.

Skills

Social Work England registration

Eligibility to work in the UK

Full UK driving licence

Post-qualified experience

Education

Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Social Worker – Children in Care

Location: Wakefield

Pay Rate: £35 per hour

Job Description : Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Qualified Social Worker to join its client’s Children in Care (CIC) team based in Wakefield.

Responsibilities

• Preventative Work: undertake preventative measures with service users to mitigate safeguarding concerns, including investigating significant harm concerns and using legislation effectively to ensure welfare of service users.
• Social Work Service: deliver a Social Work service to individuals, their families, and carers, including assessing needs and addressing them through direct therapeutic work, care planning, and management; integrate theoretical approaches with practice.
• Caseload Management: manage a caseload, make complex decisions in line with professional criteria, and ensure casework is planned, critically evaluated, and reviewed; engage with increasingly complex and challenging situations including multi‑agency input, complex family dynamics, multiple problems / disadvantages, multiple significant risk factors, and public interest considerations.
• Care Provision: ensure appropriate care for service users by utilizing existing mainstream and specialist resources, demonstrating innovation where appropriate; take responsibility for and supervise service users who receive care services and conduct expert and robust reviews of such cases.
• Expert Witness Role: act as an expert witness and provide evidence to courts and other relevant bodies, including presenting reports and applications for appropriate Legal Orders; collaborate with other agencies to deliver a Social Work service and represent the organization’s perspective.
• Multi‑disciplinary Contributions: contribute to multi‑disciplinary assessments, lead meetings when required, participate in planning meetings and reviews, mentor newly qualified and less experienced Social Workers, and offer placements to Social Work students as a practice educator; manage a challenging caseload and seek support as needed.

Qualifications & Experience

To be successful in this role you must have :

• Social Work England registration
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• A full UK driving 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
• Access to exclusive roles not 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