Social Worker - Long Term Team

Liquid Personnel; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive rate of pay

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is seeking a Social Worker for the Long Term Team in Nottingham on a hybrid basis. You will manage complex child protection cases in a long-term fieldwork context, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children.

The role requires expert practice, experience with court proceedings, and the ability to lead assessments and care plans, including parenting assessments, SGO and permanency reports. A driving license and SW England registration are essential.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration is required.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold a full UK driving license.
• Post-qualified experience.
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work.

Responsibilities

• Work in long-term fieldwork / child protection with experience in care proceedings.
• Bring expert knowledge to practice and apply advanced knowledge (Liquid Logic, Signs of Safety, restorative practice).
• Represent the Council in Court as lead witness and manage care proceedings.
• Coordinate assessments and permanency plans, including Parenting assessments, SGO and sections 7/37.
• Keep children and families at the heart of practice while contributing to service development.

Skills

Social Work England registration

Eligible to work in the UK

Full UK driving license

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Job Title: Social Worker - Long Term TeamLocation: Nottingham (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £32 per hour

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a social worker for their client's long term team at Nottingham.

What will your responsibilities be?

• This vacancy is for a social worker with experience of working in a long term fieldwork / child protection team, with experience of working in care proceedings.
• The right candidate would be a social worker with experience that would be recognised as an expert and can apply advanced knowledge to their practice Preference that the worker has working knowledge or experience of using Liquid Logic and working with Signs of Safety and restorative practice.
• Worker requires minimal day to day supervision but invests in regular case supervision and escalates concerns to manager appropriately and timely ensuring children's safety and wellbeing are paramount.
• Is confident in representing the Council at Court without a Team Manager, acting as a lead witness and leading care proceedings Holds multi-faceted CP / complex CIC / Permanency cases including monitoring, coordinating and reviewing plans Experience of undertaking wide variety of assessments in and out of proceedings, including Parenting assessments, SGO, section 7 and section 37, completing permanence reports, sibling assessments.
• Willing to use their advanced knowledge to contribute to service developments Children and families are kept at the heart of all practice and guidance

Benefits:

• Hybrid working
• 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 driving license.
• 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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