Liquid Personnel

Senior Social Worker - Looked After Children

Liquid Personnel  •  £36k/yr  •  Hybrid  •  4 months ago
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Job Description

Liquid Personnel are currently recruiting for a Senior Social Worker to join a Looked After Children Team based in South London for an OUTSTANDING authority as rated by OFSTED.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Social Worker looking to step up into a more senior role. The role does involve holding a small complex caseload while having some responsibility of supporting Newly Qualified Social Workers.

Benefits as a Senior Social Worker:

  • £3,000 Market Supplement paid monthly into the salary
  • 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month
  • Tailored induction programme
  • Hybrid working opportunities
  • Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

In this role you will be:

  • Supporting children living with relatives, friends of foster families and prospective adopters or children living in children's homes and young people in semi-independent units. You will be responsible for ensuring the child or young persons safety and supporting them towards independence by:
  • Undertaking regular statutory visits
  • Completing and updating assessments
  • Care Planning
  • Working as part of a professional network to meet the needs of the children and young people

Requirements of a Social Worker:

Completed your ASYE

Social Work England registration

Eligible to work in the UK

Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

If this sounds like it could be the role for you then please contact Mozz Radwan on 02038573486 or Mozz.Radwan@liquidpersonnel.com

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.

Liquid Personnel

About Liquid Personnel

Liquid Personnel is a specialist social work and healthcare recruitment consultancy. Founded in 2006, we are now the leading provider of agency social workers in the UK, trusted by over 150 organisations nationwide to provide exceptional agency staff.

We also specialise in the following divisions:

• Nursing - temporary and permanent nurses

• Allied Health Professionals - temporary occupational therapists and physiotherapists

• Criminal Justice - temporary prison nurses, probation officers, and youth offending officers

Accreditations:

- Listed in the UK's Best Medium Workplaces Awards 2013 - 2017; winners of the Laureate Award 2017, recognising that we have been ranked in the awards for 5 years in a row

- 24th in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2016

- Winners of the Best People Development Business Award and Best Back Office Support Team Award 2016 at the Institute of Recruitment Professionals Awards

- 7th fastest-growing business in the Manchester area in the Greater Manchester Fastest 50 2016

- 11th in Recruiter Fast 50 2016 rankings

- Winners of "Best Large Recruitment Agency"​ at the Recruitment Business Awards 2015

- Holders of Investors in People status

- Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Members

- 'Disability Confident Employers'​

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Manchester, GB
Year Founded
2006
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