Job Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its client’s Early Help & Prevention Team in Bradford. Our client’s Children and Families Trust operates a hybrid working model; however, employees are expected to be office‑based for specific tasks or designated team days, as required by the service. This role focuses on high‑level preventative work and the management of complex safeguarding concerns.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Preventative Safeguarding: Undertake work to diminish safeguarding concerns, investigate significant harm, and utilize legislation to promote the welfare of service users.
• Direct Therapeutic Work: Provide a social work service through assessments, direct therapeutic interventions, and comprehensive care management.
• Complex Decision Making: Manage a caseload involving multiple risk factors, disadvantage, and complex family dynamics, ensuring work is critically evaluated and reviewed.
• Court Proceedings: Act as an expert witness, providing robust evidence in court and presenting reports for applications for Legal Orders.
• Multi-Agency Leadership: Lead and chair multi-disciplinary assessments and meetings, ensuring effective information sharing across various organisations.
• Resource Innovation: Make the best use of mainstream and specialist resources, demonstrating innovation to meet the unique needs of service users.
• Mentorship: Support the development of the team by mentoring newly qualified social workers or acting as a practice educator for students.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate, concise, and purposeful records that accurately assess and manage high levels of risk and complexity.

Benefits:

• Values: The Trust emphasizes partnership, consultation, and the active participation of service users in all aspects of care.
• Equality: All staff are expected to actively promote and support policies on equality and diversity.
• Professional Standards: Practitioners must meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework and stay updated on emerging best practices.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Social Work England registration and a recognized social work qualification.
• Theoretical Integration: The ability to apply theoretical concepts and social work ethical principles to guide professional practice and decision-making.
• Caseload Management: Proven ability to self-manage a challenging and demanding workload while seeking support when necessary.
• Partnership Skills: Experience maintaining contact with statutory and voluntary sector professionals to influence outcomes in case planning.
• Continuous Development: A commitment to identifying learning needs and participating in regular supervision and appraisal.

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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