What will your responsibilities be?

• Safeguarding & Protection: Deliver professional social work services to children and families to ensure they are protected in accordance with legal requirements and Trust policies.
• Assessment & Planning: Conduct comprehensive assessments of children and families in crisis to identify risks and develop effective, outcome-focused intervention plans.
• Intervention: Implement a range of social work interventions designed to support families and safeguard children from harm.
• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work closely with partner agencies (Health, Education, Police) and various professionals to ensure a coordinated and holistic approach to child welfare.
• Caseload Management: Maintain accurate and timely case records, ensuring all statutory visits and reviews are completed within departmental guidelines.
• Outcome Focus: Ensure the best possible outcomes for children in your care by maintaining a child-centered approach in all decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Social Work England registration and a recognized professional Social Work qualification.
• Experience Requirement: Minimum of 3 years of permanent post-qualified experience within a statutory children's safeguarding setting.
• Compliance: You must complete the DfE cover sheet fully to be considered for this position.
• Risk Management: Proven ability to assess and manage risk in high-pressure environments.
• Relationship Building: Strong skills in engaging families during times of crisis and building professional networks.

• Hybrid Working: A hybrid model is in place, requiring 3 days per week in the office at the Gainsborough Road Resource Centre in Corby.
• Office Base: School Place, Corby, Northants, NN18 0QP.
• Contract: Full-time agency cover.

• Statutory Excellence: We operate within a clear framework of legal and statutory obligations to ensure the highest standards of child protection.
• Supportive Environment: Work within a structure that values professional expertise and collaborative problem-solving.
• Equality & Inclusion: Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is an equal opportunities employer dedicated to diversity and the welfare of its community.

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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