Social Worker - Children’s Permanence & Throughcare

Join Liquid Personnel as a Social Worker - Children’s Permanence & Throughcare in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Children’s Permanence & Throughcare team, based in Edinburgh & Borders Region. This role seeks an experienced Social Worker to support care‑experienced children across the Edinburgh and Borders area.

Key Responsibilities

• In this position, you will manage a specialized caseload of children and young people looked after in permanent placements.

• Your key responsibilities will include: Permanence Assessments: Completing high-quality Form E and Form F assessments to secure stable, lifelong homes.

• Legal Navigation: Navigating the Children’s Hearing System and providing expert evidence in Sheriff Court for Permanence Orders and Adoption.

• Life Story Work: Helping children understand their history and identity through creative, trauma-informed direct work.

Requirements

• To be successful in this role you must have.

• Registration: Current registration with the SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council) is mandatory.

• Experience: Significant experience in a statutory Children and Families setting, with a strong grasp of permanence and adoption legislation in Scotland.

• Knowledge: Expert knowledge of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

Benefits & Compensation

• Pay rate: $36/hour.

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.

This position offers hybrid flexibility. Work with Liquid Personnel in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.