Experienced Fostering Social Worker

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Manchester, EnglandContractSocial Work
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends✓ No Nights

Job Description

About the Role

Join Liquid Personnel as a Experienced Fostering Social Worker – Kinship Team in Manchester, UK. Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Fostering team, based in Mancheste. Join an "Outstanding" rated Local Authority (Ofsted) within their dedicated Kinship Team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Court-Directed Assessments: Lead and complete complex assessments of kinship foster carers as directed by the court, ensuring all evidence is analytical and robust.
  • Fostering Regulation Compliance: Ensure all work meets the.

Requirements

  • based, contributing to the collaborative environment of an outstanding
  • rated service. Out of Hours: Flexibility is required to work outside of standard hours when on duty. Contract: Full
  • “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us

Work Schedule

  • Contract position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Liquid Personnel as a Experienced Fostering Social Worker – Kinship Team.

Key Skills

Social workKinship assessmentChild protectionSafeguardingCourt-directed assessmentsTime managementReport writingFostering regulation complianceCase managementStatutory practiceAnalytical skillsRisk assessment
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Experienced Fostering Social Worker at Liquid Personnel a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work physician listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Social Work — Physician Career Context

This Social Work position at Liquid Personnel is open to physician candidates.

Physicians (MD/DO) are in high demand across healthcare settings, with growing interest in positions that offer sustainable schedules and reduced administrative burden.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Manchester, England.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
  • No night shifts — a daytime-only schedule

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Social work, Kinship assessment, Child protection, Safeguarding, Court-directed assessments, Time management, Report writing, Fostering regulation compliance. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Social Work role.

Core responsibilities: The social worker will lead and complete complex court-directed assessments of kinship foster carers while ensuring compliance with fostering regulations. They will also participate in a duty system and manage multiple assessment deadlines to ensure robust evidence is submitted to court.

Benefits package: Free DBS and compliance service, Twice weekly payroll, CPD portal access, Refer a Friend bonus £500, Find your own job bonus £250. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Social Work physician jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.

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About Liquid Personnel

Staffing and Recruiting
Manchester, Lancashire
5-10

Benefits & Perks

Free DBS and compliance service
Twice weekly payroll
CPD portal access
Refer a Friend bonus £500
Find your own job bonus £250
6.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 50%

Protective Factors (4)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

No nights (Independent predictor ↓ burnout)

Supportive environment (Culture alignment key)

Interpretation: Position demonstrates all major evidence-based lifestyle protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Contract

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