The posting
Our client based in the Isle of Wight is committed to safeguarding vulnerable children, supporting families and improving outcomes for young people across the island. Children’s Services focuses on early intervention, effective safeguarding and providing children and families with the support they need to achieve positive and sustainable outcomes. The service promotes relationship-based and strengths-based social work practice, encouraging collaborative working with families, health professionals, education providers and safeguarding partners. Joining the team offers an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to children and families within a unique island community.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will;
- Undertake comprehensive Child and Family Assessments to identify needs, risks and protective factors.
- Manage complex child protection and safeguarding cases.
- Undertake Section 47 enquiries where children may be at risk of significant harm.
- Develop, implement and review Child Protection and Child in Need plans.
- Work directly with children, parents and families to promote positive and sustainable change.
- Assess and manage safeguarding risks, ensuring appropriate interventions are implemented.
- Attend and contribute to Child Protection Conferences, core groups and multi-agency meetings.
- Work collaboratively with police, health professionals, education and other safeguarding partners.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records, assessments and reports.
- Ensure all statutory responsibilities and safeguarding procedures are followed.
- Advocate for children's welfare, wishes and best interests in all professional decisions.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have:
- A recognised Social Work qualification.
- Current registration with Social Work England.
- Post-qualification experience within statutory Children's Social Care.
- Strong experience in child protection and safeguarding.
- Experience undertaking Child and Family Assessments and Section 47 enquiries.
- Knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and relevant safeguarding legislation.
- Experience managing complex cases and undertaking risk assessments.
- Experience developing and reviewing child protection and support plans.
- Strong multi-agency partnership-working experience.
- Excellent communication, report-writing and professional decision-making skills.
Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity.
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t 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 – 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 *
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 Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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