Social Worker - Looked After Children

Social Worker – Looked After Children – Central London – Salary up to £48,063

Liquid personnel are looking for experienced and hardworking social workers to join the Looked After Childrens team in the centre of London. You will join an ambitious authority where you can put your knowledge and expertise to facilitate meaningful and sustainable change through your relationship with the child or young person and their family or carer.

Benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Opportunities to learn and grow
• Up to 30 days leave per year
• Excellent pension scheme
• Annual season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
• Personal computer incentive scheme
• Local discounts from restaurants, shops, health and beauty therapists and more!

What can you expect from this role?

• You will complete thorough, child-focused and ongoing assessments which recognise strengths, vulnerabilities as well as attitude to change
• You will analyse plans regularly to ensure the support provided is making a difference to reduce risk and adjust the plan accordingly
• You will use the law, regulatory and statutory guidance to inform practice
• You will build relationships with the child, young person, family or carers to decide the best way to keep them safe
• You will communicate clearly and sensitively with children and families/carers
• You will have an understanding and knowledge of child development milestones, and how they can impacted on by trauma
• You will have a clear and empathic understanding of how the above issues impact on the parent-child relationship

Is this role for you?

• You will have a HCPC recognised Social Work qualification and an enhanced DBS check
• You should have a good understanding of relevant legislation, regulation, safeguarding practices and research
• You must demonstrate evidence of you having built purposeful relationships balancing empathy and authority
• You will be able to demonstrate excellent oral and written communication

You must be Social Work England registered, if this is the role for you then contact Luke Burgess on luke.burgess@liquidpersonnel.com or call 020 3319 3159
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