Social Worker – Support and Protect Team in Workington

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join its client’s Support and Protect Team in Workington, Cumberland.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a dedicated Child Protection team, supporting children and families where there are safeguarding concerns.

You will undertake statutory responsibilities, complete assessments, and work collaboratively with partner agencies to safeguard children and achieve positive outcomes.

Benefits

• Excellent rate of pay
• £100 per week travel expenses
• Hybrid working - Condensed working weeks can be considered
• Part time applicants will be considered
• Long term contracts available
• Beautiful Location

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage a varied caseload of children and families within the Child Protection team.
• Undertake Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, and Child Protection work in line with statutory requirements.
• Develop, implement, and review outcome-focused care and support plans to safeguard children and promote their welfare.
• Build effective relationships with children and families, undertaking direct work to reduce risk and improve outcomes.
• Prepare high-quality assessments, reports, and court statements where required.
• Attend and contribute to strategy meetings, child protection conferences, core groups, and legal planning meetings.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to deliver coordinated, child-centred interventions.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records in line with statutory guidance, local policies, and professional standards.
• Assess and manage risk effectively, making informed decisions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.
• Promote strengths-based practice while ensuring the child's voice remains central to all assessment, planning, and intervention.

Qualifications and Experience

• To be successful in this role you must have;
• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold a full UK license.
• 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.