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About the Role
Our client in Southwark is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Looked After Children Team, helping children in care achieve stability, thrive in their development, and reach their full potential.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- Social Work England registration
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Hold a full UK driving licence
- Post-qualified experience
Location
- Southwark
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Post-qualified experience
Education Level
- Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Benefits
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service
- Access to exclusive roles
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- Refer a Friend bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place
- Find your own job bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us
About the Company
- Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.
- Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Equal Opportunity
- Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.
- 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.