Sobre esta vaga de Social Worker - Assessment Team (Front Door) na Liquid Personnel
Liquid Personnel is currently looking for experienced Social Workers to join its client's integrated Front Door in Solihull. This is a settled service where vacancies have primarily arisen due to internal promotions. Our Assessment teams consist of six Social Workers, an ASYE, an Advanced Practitioner, and a Team Manager, ensuring a high level of support and professional oversight.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Assessment & Investigation: Complete assessments under Section 17 and Section 47, including the preparation of child impact reports (similar to Section 7 reports).
- Duty Coverage: Participate in a duty rota, with the team covering duty one week in every four.
- Caseload Management: Manage a balanced and manageable caseload, averaging 16–20 children consistently over the past year.
- Safeguarding: Identify children at risk and deliver high‑quality safeguarding interventions to promote and protect their welfare.
- Partnership Working: Build and maintain effective working relationships with partner agencies, including Police, Health services, and schools.
- Record Keeping: Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date, and evidence‑based records in line with statutory and organisational requirements.
Benefits:
- Manageable Caseloads: Maintain a strong focus on ensuring practitioners have the capacity to deliver high‑quality, effective care.
- Strong Support System: Provide guaranteed monthly one‑to‑one supervision, monthly group supervision, and bi‑monthly service development workshops.
- Professional Growth: Offer excellent opportunities for training and development within a supportive and encouraging leadership culture.
- Approachable Leadership: Ensure managers are accessible and proactive in providing guidance, advice, and support.
- Collaborative Culture: Promote strong and effective working relationships between MASH and Assessment teams.
Flexibility and Attendance:
- Office Attendance: Staff are expected to be office-based during their duty week and for two days a week when not on duty.
- Flexible Working: Flexible hours may be considered; please reach out for a discussion prior to the interview.
Equality and Safeguarding:
We are committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Registration & Qualification: Registered with Social Work England and hold a recognised Social Work degree.
- Relevant Experience: Demonstrable experience in duty and assessment social work.
- Safeguarding Commitment: Strong passion for delivering high‑quality interventions and a clear commitment to safeguarding vulnerable children.
- Driving Requirement: Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for business use; this is an Essential Car User role due to the semi‑rural location.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and effective multi‑agency collaboration.
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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