Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker - Child Protection
Location: Merseyside
Pay Rate: £42,839 per annum rising to £44,074 after 12 months

Liquid Personnel are in partnership with a client at Merseyside to recruit a Social Worker within their Child Protection/Child in Need Team.

Are you a Qualified Social Worker? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of Children and Families through effective Social Care? Do you want to be part of a team that cares and will value your knowledge, experience and you as a person? Our client at Merseyside could be the place for you. Following their recent Ofsted inspection, Merseyside’s Children’s Social Care Services (CSC) department are on an improvement journey they would love you to be part of.

What will your responsibilities be?

As a Child Protection/Child in Need Social Worker you will be also be responsible for carrying duty, assessment and the case up to the initial first court hearing and removal via ICO, after this cases will be transferred over to the looked after Children’s Team.

Benefits:

• Full time and part time vacancies available with up to 36 hours per week
• A friendly, supportive team who genuinely cares about their employees
• A smaller local authority in easy commuting distance from across the North West
• Hybrid working options
• Free parking
• A new engaging and ambitious leadership team in place, who will ensure that you work in an environment where you feel recognised, valued, and listened to.
• Flexible working, manageable caseloads and a vast array of employee benefits details of which can be found below

Additional Benefits:

• Our client at Merseyside are a Disability Confident Employer, meaning they offer Inclusive & accessible recruitment, offering an interview to disabled people, providing reasonable adjustments, & supporting existing employees.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working: Their flexible working scheme allows you to manage your hours & plan your life more easily. They will consider requests for flexible working including flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, and part-time.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement: Starting at 28 days leave with an option to buy additional 10 days leave.
• Manageable Workloads: Directors work closely with Heads of Service & Team Managers to ensure caseloads are manageable.
• Differentiated sickness absence for individuals living with a disability.
• Menopause policy supporting women in the workplace.
• Local Government Pension Scheme * Newly Developed Bespoke Four-Week Induction Programme * High Quality IT Kit supporting agile working arrangements
• Learning & Career Development: Merseyside Council offer a wide range of blended learning opportunities available to all employees, relevant to your job & progression.
• Supportive Practice Improvement Team: Experienced staff who work alongside you to embed learning from audits or reviews.
• A range of Workers Groups: e.g., Black & Minority Workers' Group, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Forum, Neurodiverse Staff Support Group.
• Well-being Support: Focused on employee well-being both in & out of the workplace.
• MyTime: Monthly supervisions focused solely on your career development.
• Reflective Supervision: Every 4 weeks.
• Visible Leadership: Including Monthly Principal Social Worker (PSW) drop-in sessions.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Significant discounts on new bikes & safety equipment.
• Free Refreshments: Tea, Coffee and Milk.
• VIVUP Discounts & Savings: A staff discount scheme for various savings.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Hold a Social Work England registration.
• Be eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Social Work Qualification (degree or equivalent).
• At least 2 years’ experience as a social worker within children’s services.

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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