Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding, Assessment & Support

Liquid Personnel is recruiting 2 experienced Senior Social Workers to join the Safeguarding, Assessment & Support (SAS) Team within Children's Social Care for its client. Based at the Hartlepool Civic Centre, this is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated service committed to safeguarding children and supporting families across the borough.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will play a key role in undertaking assessments, managing complex cases, and providing effective interventions to ensure children are protected and supported to achieve positive outcomes. You will work within a supportive team environment, collaborating with partner agencies and contributing to high-quality social work practice.

What will your responsibilities be?  

• Manage a complex caseload of children and families requiring safeguarding and support.

• Undertake Child and Family Assessments and develop effective care and support plans.

• Carry out child protection investigations and statutory interventions in line with legislation and local procedures.

• Work directly with children, young people, and families to reduce risk and improve outcomes.

• Prepare reports for child protection conferences, court proceedings, reviews, and other statutory meetings.

• Maintain accurate and timely case records, assessments, and reports.

• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to safeguard children and promote their welfare.

Benefits:  

• Competitive rate of pay.

• Supportive management and team environment.

• Immediate start available.

• Opportunity to work within a well-established Children's Social Care service.

Qualifications and Experience:  

To be successful in this role you must have;  

• Social Work England registration.

• Eligible to work in the UK.

• Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Social Care.

• Experience working within a Safeguarding, Assessment & Support or similar frontline team.

• 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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