Highland Children’s Social Work Services is on a journey of change, improvement, and transformation through their Families 1st vision – to safely keep as many children as possible within their families and connected to their Highland communities. Families’ 1st is underpinned by the Highland STAR aimed to bring the collective resources to help keep children and families – Safe, Together, Achieving with Rights & Relationships respected.
Additionally, you also get to live and work in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK! If all of that is for you, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits of the role:
* Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities
* Manageable caseload
* Excellent rate of pay
* Condensed working and part time roles can be discussed
Primary Responsibilities as a Child Protection Social Worker:
* Providing a Social Work Service as lead professional to children and families, including looked after children and those on the Child Protection Register
* Responsible for the professional assessment of client need and the consideration of available options and resources
* Ensuring the implementation of child’s plans.
* Maintaining accurate records including the input of information to Social Work Services database, in accordance with Highland Council Policy
* The preparation of multi agency child’s plans for the Children’s Reporter, child’s plan meetings and reports for the Courts.
* The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties appropriate to the level of the post.
* Preparing for supervision with the appropriate Practice Lead
* Participation in multi-disciplinary meetings
What we are looking for in a Qualified Social Worker:
* Social Work England registration
* Eligible to work in the UK
* Hold a full UK license
* Post-qualified experience
* Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
* New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
* Twice weekly payroll
* 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 £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.
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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