Senior Social Worker - Children & Families - Support & Protection

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Senior Social Worker for its client's Children & Families - Support & Protection Team at Isle of Wight.

This is an excellent opportunity for qualified Social Workers with a strong background in children's safeguarding, child protection and statutory social work to join a service focused on protecting vulnerable children and supporting families. You will undertake assessments, identify safeguarding concerns, manage complex cases and work directly with children and families to reduce risk and improve outcomes.

The role requires confident practitioners who can work effectively in a demanding environment, make sound professional decisions and collaborate with multi-agency partners.

About our client:

Its Children's Services department is focused on strengthening safeguarding, improving early intervention and ensuring children receive the right support at the right time.

The Council has been developing its Children's Social Care services through its Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and Referral & Intervention Service, creating opportunities for Social Workers to deliver timely assessments and meaningful interventions.

The Council promotes a collaborative, strengths-based approach, with an emphasis on reflective supervision, professional development and improved outcomes for children and families.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Undertake comprehensive Child and Family Assessments to identify children's needs, risks and protective factors.
• Manage complex child protection and safeguarding cases.
• Conduct Section 47 enquiries where there are concerns that a child may be suffering or at risk of significant harm.
• Develop and implement effective child protection and support plans.
• Work directly with children, parents and families to promote positive and sustainable change.
• Assess risk and make evidence-based decisions to safeguard children.
• Attend and contribute to Child Protection Conferences, Child in Need meetings and multi-agency discussions.
• Work collaboratively with police, health professionals, education and other safeguarding partners.
• Ensure accurate and timely case recording, assessments and reports.
• Work alongside Early Help and longer-term social work teams to ensure appropriate support and smooth case transfers.
• Promote children's welfare, safety and best interests in all professional decisions.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• A recognised Social Work qualification.
• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Strong post-qualification experience within statutory Children's Social Care.
• Substantial experience in child protection and safeguarding.
• Experience undertaking Child and Family Assessments and Section 47 enquiries.
• Knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and relevant safeguarding legislation.
• Experience managing complex cases and assessing risk.
• Experience developing and reviewing child protection and support plans.
• Strong multi-agency working experience.
• Excellent written communication, analytical and decision-making skills.

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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