Senior Social Worker - Duty and Assessment

liquidpersonnel

Shropshire · M2 2BY

Posted Aug 11, 2026

Temporary
Liquid Temp

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Duty and Assessment team, based in Shropshire.

What will your responsibilities be?

Completing Social Work Assessments (SWA).Undertaking Section 47 (S47) Child Protection enquiries.
Completing Section 7 (S7) reports.
Completing Section 37 (S37) reports.
Completing initial Child in Need (CIN) assessments.
Attending and completing Child Protection (CP) Core Groups.
Preparing court statements when required.
Preparing care plans for initial court hearings.
Attending initial court hearings where necessary.
Participating in the duty rota every other week, requiring office attendance.
Managing workload independently when off duty, including:
Home working.
Completing follow-up visits.
Updating assessments and case records.
Progressing casework and interventions.

Benefits:

Increased rate
Flexible working- 1 day/week in office aside from duty week
Supportive team

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 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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