Advanced Qualified Social Worker - #1718711

Children Looked After

Location: Merseyside

Pay Rate: £44 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Qualified Social Workers to join a dedicated Children Looked After Team. As part of the Children Looked After Team for a local authority in the North West, you will work in a busy and supportive team assessing and working with children and families, intervening where children need support to provide help at an earlier stage. Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, and informed by the values and principles of social care, you will support the delivery of person-centred, safe, and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience, you’ll make assessments and decisions about appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills, you’ll establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.

You’ll be committed to ensuring positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practices, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.


• Experienced in working with children and families, including vulnerable groups.


• Experience working within Court, Children in Need, and Child Protection.

• Supporting children and families subject to CIN and Child Protection planning, pre-proceedings, and court proceedings.

• Understanding factors impacting children, including abuse and neglect.

• Undertaking Child & Family Assessments demonstrating effective analysis, decision-making, planning, and review.


• Effective direct work with children and families.

• Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking approach.


• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.


• Constant pursuit of continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.


• Excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.


• Ability to build meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them effectively.


• Commitment to providing high-quality services.


• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency environment.


• Minimum 2 years qualified experience.

In this role, you will:

• Use your skills, knowledge, and experience to assess risks, protection, and social care needs comprehensively.


• Manage an agreed caseload.


• Employ specialist communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes for service users.


• Devise individual care plans considering diversity, dignity, and empowerment.

This role is ideally suited for candidates traveling from Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Trafford, Macclesfield, Warrington, Wigan, Huddersfield, Ashton under Lyne, Altrincham, Middleton, Urmston, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Widnes, Sefton, Huyton, Wallasey, St Helens, Skelmersdale, Stretford, Eccles, Salford, Rochdale, and Stockport.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn't right for you, contact us about other opportunities including IRO, BIA, MASH, Safeguarding, Duty & Assessment, Children in Need, Child Protection, EHCP, AMHP, Children with Disabilities, Fostering, Youth Justice, Adult Social Work, and more.

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