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Staffordshire

Social Worker - Looked After Children

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its client’s Looked After Children Team based in Staffordshire.

What Will Your Responsibilities Be?

  • Manage a caseload of children who are in the care of the local authority.
  • Develop, implement, and regularly review care plans tailored to each child’s needs.
  • Ensure children’s placements (foster care, residential care, kinship care) are safe, stable, and supportive.
  • Promote the child’s health, education, and emotional wellbeing, ensuring access to appropriate services.
  • Maintain regular contact with children through statutory visits and direct work.
  • Prepare and present reports for Looked After Child Reviews.
  • Work closely with birth families, carers, schools, health professionals, and other agencies.
  • Support children through transitions, including reunification with family, adoption, or leaving care.
  • Advocate for the child’s voice to be heard in all aspects of planning and decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

  • To be successful in this role, you must have:
  • Social Work England registration
  • Eligibility to work in the UK
  • A full UK driving licence
  • Post-qualified experience
  • A degree in Social Work (or equivalent)

Why Liquid Personnel?

  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, ensuring you are paid more quickly
  • Access to exclusive roles not 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 – receive £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*

“Find your own job” bonus – receive £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 Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

  • BH - 199064
  • GH - 34956

Key Responsibilities

Manage a caseload of children in local authority care, developing and reviewing tailored care plans to ensure safe and stable placements. Coordinate with birth families, schools, and health professionals while advocating for the child's voice in all decision-making processes.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree in Social Work and be registered with Social Work England. A full UK driving licence and post-qualified experience are mandatory requirements.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Case ManagementCare PlanningChild AdvocacyInter-agency CollaborationReport WritingSafeguardingTransition Support

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker - Looked After Children at Liquid Personnel a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,508 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 38% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 80% of Social Work listings

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About Liquid Personnel

Staffing and Recruiting
Manchester, Lancashire
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Free DBS and compliance service
Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service
Access to exclusive roles
Free access to social work training and CPD portal
Dedicated consultant
Refer a Friend bonus – £500
Find your own job bonus – £250