Liquid Personnel are delighted to be recruiting for a Social Worker to join the Referral and Assessment Team in Kingston upon Thames.
Salary: Up to £45,750 (DOE) Plus: £3,000 Welcome Bonus + £3,000 Market Supplement
We are proud to partner with Achieving for Children (AFC), whose Children’s Services were rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2024, achieving top marks across all five assessment areas. This marks their second consecutive Outstanding rating, reflecting their unwavering commitment to giving children and young people across the borough a fairer start in life.
Joining AFC means becoming part of a forward‑thinking, supportive, and impactful service that places children and families at the heart of everything they do.
You will benefit from:
Supportive and stable senior leadership with an open‑door culture
Managers who recognise case complexity, value hard work, and actively support your development
A minimum of 12 protected Development Days per year for all staff
A culture that builds confidence, encourages progression, and celebrates professional growth
A service that champions high‑quality practice and meaningful outcomes for children and families
As a Referral and Assessment Social Worker you will:
Carry out high‑quality assessments and interventions
Work closely with families, partner agencies, and multi‑disciplinary teams
Complete short term work to meet needs and prevent long term involvement
Contribute to safeguarding, planning, and delivering positive outcomes for children and young people
Uphold AFC’s values of inclusion, fairness, and child‑centred practice
Relevant Social Work qualification
Completed ASYE
Active Social Work England registration
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please contact: Nicole Street on 02033193113 or Nicole.Street@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 WHO Workforce Support and Safeguard List
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'
