Social Worker - Child Protection
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What you'll do
- Safeguard children and young people who may be at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other forms of harm.
- Assess the needs, risks, and circumstances of children and families to inform decision-making.
- Develop, implement, and review child protection and safeguarding plans.
- Work collaboratively with parents, carers, schools, healthcare professionals, and partner agencies.
- Undertake statutory visits, assessments, and interventions in line with relevant legislation and guidance.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential case records and reports.
- Attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings, case conferences, and court proceedings where required.
- Provide support, guidance, and signposting to appropriate services and resources.
- Manage a caseload effectively while ensuring positive outcomes for children and families.
- Promote the safety, welfare, development, and best interests of children and young people at all times.
What they're looking for
- 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
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
Liquid Personnel is recruiting for its client for a Children’s Social Worker to join the Child Protection Team, based in the West Midlands.
What will your responsibilities be?
As a Social Worker within the Child Protection Team, you will:
- Safeguard children and young people who may be at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other forms of harm.
- Assess the needs, risks, and circumstances of children and families to inform decision-making.
- Develop, implement, and review child protection and safeguarding plans.
- Work collaboratively with parents, carers, schools, healthcare professionals, and partner agencies.
- Undertake statutory visits, assessments, and interventions in line with relevant legislation and guidance.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential case records and reports.
- Attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings, case conferences, and court proceedings where required.
- Provide support, guidance, and signposting to appropriate services and resources.
- Manage a caseload effectively while ensuring positive outcomes for children and families.
- Promote the safety, welfare, development, and best interests of children and young people at all times.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 1 day per week in the office
- Supportive team environment
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
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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