Social Worker – Children in Care – Barnsley

Job Title: Social Worker (Children)
Location: Barnsley
Working Hours:  Hybrid
Rate: £35 per hour

Liquid Personnel are looking for a practitioner who has experience of working in a children in care role to join Barnsley's CIC Team.

Responsibilities:

As a Social Worker within the CIC team, you will work in partnership with children, young people, and their families/carers, building effective relationships to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision-making. You will communicate skillfully and confidently in complex or high-risk situations, understanding the benefits and limitations of partnership work. Your role will involve undertaking assessments in accordance with statutory, regulatory, and operational standards, anticipating, assessing, and managing risk to children and young people in more complex situations, and producing high-quality assessments. You will plan, implement, and review a range of interventions for children, young people, and families/carers, manage a complex workload independently, and establish a network of internal and external colleagues for advice and expertise. You will model and help others with effective workload management skills, make proactive use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection, and career development, and meet the objectives of Professional Development Reviews. Maintaining accurate, up-to-date records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council's policies and procedures, producing succinct, well-structured records and reports, and clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgments will be essential. You will proactively engage with colleagues and a range of organizations to identify, assess, plan for, and support the needs of children, young people, and families/carers to promote positive change and independence, demonstrating confident and effective judgment about risk to children and young people. Additionally, you will play a positive role in practice development within the team through mentoring and modeling good practice in assessment, interventions, inter-professional, and inter-agency work. You will meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework at the Experienced Social Worker level and maintain registration with the Health Care Professions Council in respect of practice standards, conduct, and professional development.

How to Apply: 

If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you Please submit your application through the Liquid Personnel website or get in touch for more information.

Why Liquid Personnel?

We offer a 'Faster Pay' service to get you paid more quickly, along with twice weekly payroll and an internal 'hours' team. Enjoy our free DBS and compliance service, and gain access to a specialist consultant and exclusive roles not available from other agencies. Benefit from free access to Liquid's exclusive social work training and CPD portal, and work with your own dedicated consultant who has extensive social work knowledge. We provide access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK. Plus, take advantage of our "Refer a Friend" bonus, earning £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place, and our "Find your own job" bonus, earning £250 for bringing your own position to us.

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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