Social Worker - Looked after Children

Job summary

The Social Worker will manage a caseload of children in local authority care, developing and reviewing tailored care plans to ensure placements are safe and supportive. Responsibilities also include promoting the child’s health and wellbeing, maintaining statutory contact, and advocating for the child's voice in decision-making.

Job details

Liquid Personnel is recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Social Worker to support their Looked After Children Team in Surrey. What will your responsibilities be? * 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. Qualifications & Experience: To be successful in this role you must have: * Social Work England registration * Eligible to work in the UK * Hold a full UK driving licence * Post-qualified experience * Degree level or equivalent in Social Work 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. BH - 196935 GH - 34261

What you’ll do

The Social Worker will manage a caseload of children in local authority care, developing and reviewing tailored care plans to ensure placements are safe and supportive. Responsibilities also include promoting the child’s health and wellbeing, maintaining statutory contact, and advocating for the child's voice in decision-making.

Requirements

Candidates must possess Social Work England registration, be eligible to work in the UK, and hold a full UK driving licence. Essential qualifications include a degree or equivalent in Social Work along with post-qualified experience in the field.

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 • Refer a Friend bonus • Find your own job bonus

Listed skills

• Dedicated · Preferred
• Recruitment · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Training · Preferred
• Organisation · Preferred
• Health · Preferred
• Client · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• Planning · Preferred
• Process · Preferred
• Payroll · Preferred
• Consultant · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Caseload Management
• Care Plan Development
• Placement Monitoring
• Child Wellbeing Promotion
• Statutory Visits
• Report Preparation
• Interagency Collaboration
• Transition Support
• Child Advocacy
• Social Work England Registration
• Driving Licence Possession
• Case Review Reporting

Job areas

• Social Services
• Government & Public Sector