Advanced Social Work Practitioner - Children in Our Care

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Advanced Social Work Practitioner for its client's Children in Our Care Team at Gateshead. This role is ideal for a highly skilled practitioner looking to combine direct practice with leadership responsibilities, supporting staff development and dr What will your responsibilities be? Managing a complex caseload of children in care Providing consultation, guidance, and support to Social Workers across the team Supporting practice development and quality assurance activities Leading on complex case discussions and decision-making Mentoring and developing less experienced practitioners Ensuring care planning and permanency planning are child-focused and outcome-driven Working in partnership with families, carers, and multi-agency professionals Benefits: Competitive rate of £34.45 per hour Opportunity to work as a Consultant Social Worker within a supportive team Leadership and practice development responsibilities Supportive management structure Immediate interviews available Qualifications & Experience: To be successful in this role you must have, Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Social Care Strong experience working with Children in Care Ability to support and develop colleagues through coaching and mentoring Excellent assessment, safeguarding, and risk management skills 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 - 201121 GH - 35925