Social Worker - Looked After Children

Liquid Personnel; Bexleyheath; Presencial; GBP 35.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Refer a Friend bonus £500

Find your own job bonus £250

Faster Pay service

Descripción de la vacante

Liquid Personnel Limited is seeking a Children’s Social Worker to join its Looked After Children team in Bexley. You will manage a caseload of looked after children, develop and review care plans, ensure safe placements, and support transitions with families and agencies.

You will advocate for the child’s voice, collaborate with schools, health professionals and social care teams, and participate in regular reviews and reporting. A driving licence and UK working rights are required.

Formación

• Social Worker eligible to work in the UK and registered in SW England.
• Requires full UK driving licence and post-qualification experience.
• Degree in Social Work or equivalent is required.
• Free DBS and compliance service provided by agency.
• Refer a Friend bonus and Find your own job bonus available through the agency.

Responsabilidades

• Manage a caseload of looked after children within the local authority.
• Develop, implement and review tailored care plans for each child.
• Ensure safe, stable placements (foster, residential, kinship).
• Promote health, education and emotional wellbeing with access to services.
• Maintain regular contact through statutory visits and direct work.

Conocimientos

UK driving licence

Post-qualification experience

Right to work in UK

Educación

Degree in Social Work

Descripción del empleo

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Looked After Children team, based in Bexley.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage a caseload of children who are in the care of the local authority.
• Develop, implement, and regularly review care plans tailored to each child’s needs.
• Ensure children’s placements (foster care, residential care, kinship care) are safe, stable, and supportive.
• Promote the child’s health, education, and emotional wellbeing, ensuring access to appropriate services.
• Maintain regular contact with children through statutory visits and direct work.
• Prepare and present reports for Looked After Child Reviews.
• Work closely with birth families, carers, schools, health professionals, and other agencies.
• Support children through transitions, including reunification with family, adoption, or leaving care.
• Advocate for the child’s voice to be heard in all aspects of planning and decision-making.

Qualifications and 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 licence
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
• 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 provideappropriate supportto 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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