Senior Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Service

liquidpersonnel

Stockton-on-Tees · M2 2BY

Posted Jul 21, 2026

Temporary
Liquid Temp

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Children with Disabilities Service team, based in Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join a specialist Children with Disabilities team, supporting children and young people with complex needs and helping to deliver positive outcomes for them and their families.

In this role, you will manage a varied caseload of children and young people with disabilities, undertaking assessments, developing tailored care and support plans, and ensuring that safeguarding responsibilities are met. You will work closely with families, carers, education providers, health professionals, and partner agencies to provide coordinated and effective support, promoting independence, wellbeing, and long-term positive outcomes for children and young people.

What will your responsibilities be?

Manage a complex caseload of children and young people with disabilities.
Undertake assessments, reviews, and care planning in accordance with statutory requirements.
Complete Child in Need, Child Protection, and Looked After Children processes where appropriate.
Work directly with children, families, and carers to identify needs and deliver effective interventions.
Develop and review support plans to ensure children receive the appropriate services and resources.
Work closely with health, education, and other partner agencies to coordinate support.
Maintain accurate and timely case recordings, assessments, and reports.

Benefits:

Competitive rate of pay.
Opportunity to work within a specialist Children with Disabilities Service.
Supportive management team and collaborative working environment.
Valuable experience supporting children and families with complex needs.

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

Social Work England registration.
Eligible to work in the UK.
Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Social Care.
Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and statutory responsibilities.
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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