Job Description

Liquid Personnel are currently recruiting for an experienced Advanced Practitioner (Social Care) - Safeguarding to join its client in Liverpool City on a locum basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled practitioner looking to take on a leadership role within a busy safeguarding service. You will provide practice support and guidance to Social Workers while managing complex cases and ensuring high-quality outcomes for children and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of complex safeguarding and child protection cases.
• Support and mentor Social Workers within the team.
• Provide practice leadership and contribute to service improvement.
• Undertake assessments, planning, interventions, and case reviews.
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to safeguard children and young people.
• Contribute to court proceedings and permanency planning where required.
• Ensure practice complies with statutory guidance and council procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• Social Work England registration.
• Qualified Social Worker status.
• Significant experience within Children's Safeguarding Services.
• Previous experience working at Senior Social Worker or Advanced Practitioner level.
• Strong assessment, risk management, and court work experience.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Benefits

• Competitive rate of £40 per hour Ltd.
• 35-hour working week.
• Hybrid working with 3 days per week based in Liverpool.
• Supportive management team.
• Weekly payroll.
• Opportunity to work within a well-established safeguarding service.

Apply today to be considered for this rewarding opportunity. If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, get in touch with our team.

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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