Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting a Qualified Social Worker to join the Child Protection team in Leeds.
As a Social Worker, you will:
* To manage an allocated caseload, which includes the management and decision-making involved with cases, some being high complexity and/or high-risk cases. These may be related to Child protection/ Care & Support/ Deprivation of liberty /cases subject to Court action/ school attendance, providing social worker support to adults / adults at risk and children / children at risk and their families and carers.
* To undertake assessments, design care and support plans and other appropriate plans e.g. Education plans and determine the provision of external support from appropriate providers within allocated budget parameters.
* To work in partnership with all services to ensure best use and deployment of resources. To adapt and apply Social Worker techniques to ensure approach meets the needs of the individuals/ people needing care and support, their families and carers in need of support and work both independently and in partnership with others.
* To promote positive outcomes by taking appropriate action in the provision of professional support, advice and decisions to ensure that all individuals referred have a plan based on an assessment of need and that such plans are evidence based, recorded, reviewed and modified as appropriate.
* To work to protect the interests, promote and safeguard the welfare of Adults/ adults at risk and children/ children at risk. Where required take actions to safeguard Adults and Children at immediate risk of harm and make decisions in the best interest of the adult/ child.
* Postholders allocated to a Team which operates a duty system, will be required to undertake duty on a rota basis, respond immediately and effectively to cases that arise, understanding the recording system to identify the case and those who may/may not be involved including other professionals, undertaking assessments and planning around immediate crisis responses to ensure proportionate response to the situation, whilst recognising and managing potential risks. To be a role model and share good practice, advice and support to enable team colleagues, new social workers/ students to learn, develop and progress their careers within the team. This will include supervision, assessment and mentoring of social work students / social workers undertaking other social worker qualifications, co-working on cases and supporting the service’s quality assurance by auditing and sampling of files and practice.
* Responsible for decision making with regards to individuals’ ‘best interest’, including carrying out best interest assessments (Deprivation of Liberty / liberty protection Safeguards assessments) preparing court reports and attending court where appropriate and is required to alongside Team Manager/ Assistant Team Managers, be responsible for chairing care and support, continuing health care or safeguarding meetings.
As a Social Worker, you are required to:
* Hold a Social Work England registration.
* Be eligible to work in the UK.
* Hold a full UK licence.
* Social Work Qualification, degree or equivalent.
* At least 2 years’ experience as a social worker within children’s services.
Why Liquid Personnel?
* ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
* Twice weekly payroll and an internal ‘hours’ team
* Free DBS and compliance service
* 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 £250 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.
Kelly Donoghue
Kelly.donoghue@liquidpersonnel.com
0161 235 6982
BH-181981 GH-23602