Job Title: Advanced Social Worker - Children in Need
Location: Leeds 
Pay Rate: £37 per hour

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Advanced Social Worker to join its client’s Children in Need team, seeking a highly experienced professional with a passion for delivering outstanding outcomes for children and families. This is a pivotal role for a seasoned professional ready to lead on complex cases and mentor the next generation of social workers.

What will your responsibilities be?

As an Advanced Social Worker, you’ll manage a high and complex caseload, co-work with less experienced colleagues, and ensure consistency and quality across the service. You’ll be a key figure in embedding excellent practice, sharing knowledge, and driving performance.

Key responsibilities 

• Lead on complex case assessments and interventions
• Co-work and mentor junior staff to build capability and confidence
• Chair planning and review meetings with clarity and authority
• Disseminate best practice and learning across the team
• Collaborate effectively with multi-agency partners
• Uphold Council values and safeguard children at every turn
• Meet performance indicators and statutory timescales

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Social Work qualification (BA/MA/DipSW)
• Registered with Social Work England
• Evidence of mentoring or practice educator experience

What we are looking for 

• Extensive experience in child protection and family support
• Proven ability to manage risk and deliver child-centred outcomes
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
• Confident chairing meetings and managing multi-agency dynamics
• IT literate and committed to continuous improvement
• Personal integrity and resilience under pressure

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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