Job Description

Job Title: Court Social Worker - Children’s Services
Location: North Wales
Pay Rate: £41.12 per hour
Hours Full-time, 37 hours per week
Contract 3 months, likely to be extended on to 6+ months

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced and dedicated Court Social Worker to join their client's dynamic Children’s Services team located at North Wales. This is a pivotal role focused on delivering high-quality assessments and care planning for children subject to care proceedings, with additional responsibilities relating toadoption planning.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Complete robust and timely assessments of children and their families to inform final care planning and permanency decisions.
• Prepare and present clear, evidence-based reports for court, and provide confident, professional evidence in legal proceedings.
• Work within the Public Law Outline (PLO) and adhere to the 26-week timeframe for care proceedings.
• Collaborate with legal teams, guardians, and multi-agency professionals to ensure the best outcomes for children.
• Contribute to adoption planning, including matching and transition work where appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration.
• Proven experience working within the Court arena, including giving evidence and managing complex care proceedings.
• Strong understanding of the PLO process, statutory frameworks, and permanency planning.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and report-writing skills.
• Able to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure.

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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