Senior Social Worker - Support and Safeguarding

Job description

Liquid Personnel are recruiting for dedicated social workers to join our client in Northamptonshire as a Senior Social worker in the Children's Safeguarding and Support Team! As a Senior Social Worker, you will be an integral part of a highly skilled team responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing interventions to safeguard children and support families when they need it most. You will have the opportunity to lead and support a team of social workers, working collaboratively to ensure the safety and well-being of children across the county. Our friendly, supportive Safeguarding teams work in a creative and solution focussed way to keep children, young people and families together when it is safe to do so. The team are highly supportive and use a relational practice approach.  Colleagues within the teams describe them as their ‘work family’. Managers within the teams are approachable and supportive. **Benefits:** - SWE Registration **paid yearly** (social care colleagues) - Recruitment **Welcome Bonus of £6,000** - Relocation **costs of up to £8,000** - Retention bonus payments for established personnel - **28 days annual leave,** plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years - **Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover** (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection. - **Opportunity to purchase** up to 25 days annual leave - **Employee Assistance Programme** - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information. - **Employee discounts** with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more. - **Flexible and family working arrangements** including enhanced maternity benefits - **A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team** where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions - Extensive Learning & Development and **career development** opportunities - **Subsidised** town centre car parking scheme **Requirements**: - Qualified Social Worker who has completed the ASYE programme - Registered with Social Work England - Passionate about delivering best practice and supporting children and families - Key member of a skilled team assessing, planning, and implementing safeguarding interventions - Sound understanding of the legislative framework and available services for children and families - Knowledge of the organisational structure that supports service delivery - Extensive post-qualification experience in statutory or voluntary children and families social work - Proven ability to build professional relationships with children and families through past roles If this sounds like the role for you, please get in touch at [daniella.chiariello@liquidpersonnel.com](mailto:daniella.chiariello@liquidpersonnel.com) 02038317685.