Job Description

Liquid Personnel is seeking a committed and experienced Supervising Social Worker for its client’s Connected People’s Fostering Team in Cheshire West And Chester. This role is essential in safeguarding children by delivering robust assessments and providing high‑quality support to kinship carers and Special Guardians.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Kinship Assessments: Undertake detailed and analytical assessments of family and friends (Connected Persons) who are applying to care for children known to them.
• Permanence Planning: Support and assess individuals pursuing Special Guardianship Orders (SGO) as a long-term permanence option for children.
• Court-Directed Work: Navigate complex court processes and care proceedings, ensuring all assessments are robust and submitted within strictly directed timelines.
• Safeguarding & Wellbeing: Keep children’s safety and emotional wellbeing at the heart of your approach, delivering a service that promotes stability and security.
• Supervision & Support: Provide ongoing supervision to approved carers, ensuring they meet the required standards and receive the support necessary to care for vulnerable children.
• Travel: As this team covers a wide area, you will be required to undertake out-of-county travel and occasional overnight stays to complete essential assessments.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Social Work England registration and a recognized social work qualification (CQSW, DipSW, or Degree).
• Kinship/Fostering Experience: Prior experience in fostering or specifically within a Connected Persons/Kinship team is highly desirable.
• Legal Expertise: A sound understanding of Court processes, the Children Act, and the various permanence options available to children.
• Resilience: The ability to manage a demanding workload and meet tight court deadlines while maintaining high practice standards.
• Driving Licence: A full UK driving licence and access to a car for business use are essential for this role.

Working Environment:

• Team Culture: Join a resilient and supportive team based at The Portal in Ellesmere Port, dedicated to keeping children within their wider family networks whenever safe to do so.
• Professional Standards: Deliver evidence-based practice and high-quality written reports that stand up to the scrutiny of the court.

Our Commitment:

• Safeguarding: We are dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
• Inclusion: We are an equal opportunities employer, valuing diversity and treating all individuals with respect.

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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