Referral and Assessment Advanced

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Liquid Personnel is recruiting a </span><span data-contrast="auto">Children’s&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">Social Worker to join its client’s Referral and Assessment Advanced&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">team, based in Swindon.</span></p> <p><strong>About Us</strong></p> <p>We have now implemented the Family Safeguarding Model in 2022, a new multi-disciplinary approach that supports a whole-system change to child protection for children up to adolescence, focusing on supporting the needs of children and adults so that children can safely remain within their families. This is a great opportunity to join us now and be part of this pioneering work as we continue to learn from multi agency family work and support more families to look after their children in their families and wider communities.</p> <p>In addition, we have an established and growing our ASYE programme, linked to our Social Care &amp; Leadership Academy, offering mentoring support, fostering a culture of learning and challenge, manageable caseloads and good quality supervision, as we commit and invest in growing our own talent, as well as our experienced social workers.</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What will your responsibilities be?</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li>We have an opportunity for Qualified, Experienced and Advanced Social Workers to join the Assessment and Child Protection Team.</li> <li>The team is made up of 5 PODs managed by 5 Assistant Team Managers and 2 Team Managers. Each POD of 4 Social Workers and their Assistant Team Manager is on duty once every 5 weeks.</li> <li>During the duty week social workers in the team are allocated a caseload of children who require a statutory assessment or child protection investigation, these assessments inform the development of their plan.</li> <li>Some children require on-going support from within our communities, or Family Intervention and Support Service, others may require a Child in Need or Child Protection Plan. We strive to ensure smooth transitions for all of our children.</li> <li>If successful you will join a welcoming, supportive and nurturing team where expectations for children are high.</li> <li>You will receive monthly reflective supervision. We want to support your development and offer a range of training opportunities which can support in the progression of your career.</li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Benefits:</span></strong> <span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li>Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 (eligibility criteria applies)</li> <li>Competitive salaries</li> <li>Free car parking at our central Swindon campus and easy commuter links to many locations</li> <li>Please see our <a href="https://jobs.swindon.gov.uk/info/35/rewards_and_benefits" target="_blank">Rewards and Benefits</a>&nbsp;offer for more details.</li> </ul> <p>As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.</p> <p>For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon by 2030 together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Qualifications and Experience:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">To be successful in this role you must have;</span> &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Social Work England registration</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Eligible to work in the UK</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Hold a full UK driving licence</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Post-qualified experience</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Degree level or equivalent in Social Work</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Why Liquid Personnel?</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto"> Free DBS and compliance service</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">our own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">“Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*</span>&nbsp;</li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">“Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="auto">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.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Reasonable Adjustments:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">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&nbsp;appropriate support&nbsp;to you throughout the process and into your work placement.</span>&nbsp;<br><span data-contrast="auto">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.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">BH -</span></strong>&nbsp;199008<br><strong><span data-contrast="auto">GH&nbsp;-</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> 34892</span></p>