Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker - Children with Disabilities
Location: Knowsley (Hybrid)
Salary: £42,839 per annum rising to £44,074 after 12 months (Full time and Part time)

Liquid Personnel are in partnership with Knowsley to recruit a Social Worker within their Children with Disabilities Team Knowsley.

Are you a Qualified Social Worker with a passion for supporting children with complex needs? Do you want to make a tangible difference to the lives of children and families through specialist social care? Merseyside Children’s Services is looking for dedicated professionals to join their CWD team. Following a recent Ofsted inspection, the department is on an improvement journey, and they are looking for practitioners who value a supportive, person-centered environment.

What will your responsibilities be?

As a Social Worker in the CWD team, you will provide specialist intervention for children and young people with moderate to profound disabilities and complex health needs.

• Assessments: Conducting Section 17 assessments and managing Child in Need (CiN) and Child Protection (CP) plans tailored to the child's disability.
• Support Planning: Coordinating short break provisions, direct payments, and specialist equipment.
• Multi-Agency Working: Collaborating closely with health professionals, education (including EHCP processes), and occupational therapists.
• Transition: Supporting young people as they transition toward adulthood and adult social care services.

Benefits:

• Flexible Hours: Full-time and part-time vacancies available (up to 36 hours per week).
• Supportive Environment: A friendly team that values individual knowledge and employee well-being.
• Location: Easily commutable from across the North West.
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid working options and free parking.
• Manageable Caseloads: Dedicated leadership focused on ensuring you have the time to provide high-quality, specialist support.

Additional Benefits:

• Inclusion: Disability Confident Employer with inclusive recruitment and reasonable adjustments.
• Leave: Starting at 28 days leave with an option to buy an additional 10 days.
• Health & Support: Menopause policy, neurodiverse staff support groups, and differentiated sickness absence for those with disabilities.
• Career Growth: * Bespoke four-week induction programme.
• MyTime: Monthly 1-on-1 career development sessions.
• Reflective Supervision every 4 weeks.
• Financial Perks: Local Government Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, and VIVUP staff discounts.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Registration: Must hold a Social Work England registration.
• Eligibility: Must be eligible to work in the UK.
• Driving: Must hold a full UK driving licence.
• Education: Social Work Qualification (degree or equivalent).
• Experience: At least 2 years’ experience as a social worker within children’s services (experience within CWD or complex needs is highly desirable).

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Expertise: Work with a dedicated Consultant with over 8.5 years of sector experience.
• Speed: Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service.
• Training: Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal.
• Referral Bonuses: Get £500 for each social worker you refer who is successfully placed.

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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