Advanced Social Worker - Children in Need

• 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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