Social Worker - Looked After Children

Liquid Personnel; London Borough of Hackney; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquid Personnel Limited is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker for the Looked After Children team in Hackney. You will manage a caseload, develop and review care plans, and ensure safe placements while promoting wellbeing and education.

You will work closely with families, carers and professionals, attend Looked After Reviews, and support children through transitions, advocating for their voices in decisions.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration is required.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Full UK driving licence is required.
• Post-qualified experience is expected.
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of looked-after children.
• Develop, implement and review care plans for each child.
• Ensure safe, stable placements (foster, residential, kinship).
• Promote health, education and emotional wellbeing; access services.
• Maintain regular contact through statutory visits and direct work.
• Prepare and present reports for Looked After Reviews.
• Collaborate with birth families, carers, schools, health professionals and other agencies.
• Support transitions including reunification, adoption, or leaving care.
• Advocate for the child’s voice in planning and decisions.

Skills

Case management

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Social Work

Social Work England registration

Job description

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

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 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.