Qualified Social Worker – Leicester – Child Protection Team

7 days ago

Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Liquid Personnel Full time £38,000 - £78,400 per year

Job Title: Qualified Social Worker – Child Protection Team
Location: Leicester
Rate: Up to £38 per hour

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting registered and experienced Qualified Social Workers to join a busy team at a Leicester based Child Protection Team.

What will your responsibilities be?

You will provide assessment, care management, and social work services to children and their families, arising out of the council's duties and powers under legislation, Council and Group policy. You will promote and model effective working arrangements with Mental Health services and other voluntary and community partners to support Care Experienced young people. You will develop a good understanding of evidence-based practice and integrate models of best practice into day-to-day service delivery. You will participate in clinical supervision and clinical risk assessing and liaise with mental health services across different boroughs/areas. You will bring together, develop, and regularly review a multi-agency Pathway Plan around and with the young person and proactively work with the young person to achieve their targets.

Benefits of the role:

  • Hybrid options
  • Manageable caseload
  • Excellent flexible work opportunities
  • Excellent salary of up to £38 per hour

Qualifications and Experiences:

Child Protection Social Workers need to understand and integrate into practice the key policies of the council in relation to social care with children and families, especially multi-disciplinary working, integration, and whole family approaches. You must have Social Work England registration and be eligible to work in the UK. Additionally, you need to hold a full UK driving licence and possess post-qualified experience. A degree or equivalent qualification in Social Work is also required.

Why Liquid Personnel?

  • New 'Faster Pay' service getting you paid more quickly
  • Twice weekly payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • 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 £250 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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