Liquid Personnel

Social Worker - Assessment Team (Front Door)

Liquid Personnel  •  Solihull, GB (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Liquid Personnel is currently looking for experienced Social Workers to join its client's integrated Front Door in Solihull. This is a settled service where vacancies have primarily arisen due to internal promotions. Our Assessment teams consist of six Social Workers, an ASYE, an Advanced Practitioner, and a Team Manager, ensuring a high level of support and professional oversight.

What will your responsibilities be?

  • Assessment & Investigation: Complete assessments under Section 17 and Section 47, including the preparation of child impact reports (similar to Section 7 reports).
  • Duty Coverage: Participate in a duty rota, with the team covering duty one week in every four.
  • Caseload Management: Manage a balanced and manageable caseload, averaging 16–20 children consistently over the past year.
  • Safeguarding: Identify children at risk and deliver high‑quality safeguarding interventions to promote and protect their welfare.
  • Partnership Working: Build and maintain effective working relationships with partner agencies, including Police, Health services, and schools.
  • Record Keeping: Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date, and evidence‑based records in line with statutory and organisational requirements.

Benefits:

  • Manageable Caseloads: Maintain a strong focus on ensuring practitioners have the capacity to deliver high‑quality, effective care.
  • Strong Support System: Provide guaranteed monthly one‑to‑one supervision, monthly group supervision, and bi‑monthly service development workshops.
  • Professional Growth: Offer excellent opportunities for training and development within a supportive and encouraging leadership culture.
  • Approachable Leadership: Ensure managers are accessible and proactive in providing guidance, advice, and support.
  • Collaborative Culture: Promote strong and effective working relationships between MASH and Assessment teams.

Flexibility and Attendance:

  • Office Attendance: Staff are expected to be office-based during their duty week and for two days a week when not on duty.
  • Flexible Working: Flexible hours may be considered; please reach out for a discussion prior to the interview.

Equality and Safeguarding:

We are committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

  • Registration & Qualification: Registered with Social Work England and hold a recognised Social Work degree.
  • Relevant Experience: Demonstrable experience in duty and assessment social work.
  • Safeguarding Commitment: Strong passion for delivering high‑quality interventions and a clear commitment to safeguarding vulnerable children.
  • Driving Requirement: Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for business use; this is an Essential Car User role due to the semi‑rural location.
  • Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and effective multi‑agency collaboration.

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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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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