Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker – Safeguarding Children Partnership
Location: Middlesbrough
Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary (12-month agency cover)
Salary: £34.46 per hour
Start Date: Immediate

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join its client's Safeguarding Children Partnership (SCP) Team based in Middlesbrough. This is a vital role within a busy team, providing statutory services and interventions to children and families.

In this role, you will work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure their safety and well-being, while managing a varied and challenging caseload.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

• Undertake Children & Families assessments in line with statutory requirements
• Chair Core Groups and Child in Need meetings
• Prepare and maintain care plans and reports for children in our care
• Attend PLO meetings and contribute to pre-proceedings work
• Prepare Court evidence and attend hearings as required
• Work directly with children and families under Child in Need, Child Protection, PLO, and Court processes
• Carry out other social work tasks as directed by your manager

Benefits:

• Supportive team environment with experienced colleagues
• Competitive hourly rate
• Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications & Experience:

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Post-qualified experience in safeguarding
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

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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