Advanced Practitioner - Referral & Assessment

Liquid Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join Bolton's Referral & Assessment Children's Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled social work professional who is passionate about safeguarding children and supporting the development of less experienced colleagues within a fast-paced assessment service.

About the Role

The successful candidate will hold a caseload within the Referral & Assessment Service while also providing mentoring and support to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and Social Workers within the team.

What will your responsibilities be?

Managing a varied caseload within a busy Referral & Assessment Service

Undertaking duty responsibilities

Completing home visits across the Bolton area

Providing mentoring and guidance to NQSWs and Social Workers

Completing assessments, reports and court work

Working effectively within statutory timescales and deadlines

Managing Child Protection and Child in Need (CIN) cases

Qualification and Requirements

Applicants must have:

A minimum of 3 years' experience as an Advanced Practitioner

Strong knowledge and experience of:

Child Protection

Child in Need (CIN)

Court work

Report writing

Statutory processes and deadlines within an Assessment Service

Experience supporting and mentoring social work colleagues

Ability to undertake duty work and home visits

Social Work England registration

Enhanced DBS and satisfactory references

What's on Offer?

£40 per hour

37 hours per week

Free on-site parking

Supportive team environment

Opportunity to mentor and develop social workers

Varied and rewarding caseload

Depending on experience, successful candidates will be allocated across the Referral & Assessment teams and service areas.

Please note: References will be requested for candidates offered an interview, and an enhanced DBS check will be required for any candidate offered a position.

Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about the opportunity.

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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