Social Worker - Child Protection

Job Title: Social Worker - Child Protection Location: Cheshire Pay Rate: £35 per hour

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Child Protection team, based in Cheshire.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out child protection investigations and assessments in line with statutory requirements.
• Develop and implement care plans to safeguard children and promote their welfare.
• Work closely with families to reduce risk and improve outcomes for children.
• Prepare high-quality reports for case conferences, court proceedings, and reviews.
• Manage a caseload effectively, prioritizing urgent cases and meeting deadlines.
• Collaborate with multi-agency partners to ensure coordinated support for families.
• Maintain accurate and timely case records in accordance with council policies.
• Participate in supervision and contribute to team meetings and service development.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working options
• Manageable caseloads with strong administrative support
• Regular supervision and access to senior management
• Opportunities for career progression and specialist training

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have.

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• 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.

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