Social Worker - Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced and decisive Social Worker to join the Solihull MASH team. This is a fast-paced role at the "front door" of Children’s Services, requiring a practitioner who can navigate complex information and apply thresholds accurately to ensure families receive the right intervention at the right time.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Referral Screening: Review and screen incoming referrals to identify safeguarding concerns and determine the appropriate level of support or intervention.
• Decision Making: Operate within a high-pressure environment to make timely, evidence-based decisions in line with MASH statutory timescales.
• Threshold Application: Apply an expert understanding of safeguarding thresholds to ensure proportionate responses to risk.
• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Attend and contribute to strategy discussions, presenting clear information to partners to aid in collective decision-making.
• Team Support: Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to ensure a seamless delivery of service and support during peak demand.
• Communication: Maintain a high standard of written and verbal communication, ensuring all rationale for decisions is clearly documented.

• Fixed Days: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (22 hours total).
• Daily Hours: 08:45 am – 05:20 pm.
• Hybrid Model: You will work on an alternating schedule: one week involving 2 days in the office / 1 day at home, and the following week involving 1 day in the office / 2 days at home.
• Induction: For the first 2 weeks, you will be required to be fully office-based to learn local processes and integrate with the team.

• Structured Leadership: MASH Social Workers are directly supported and line-managed by a dedicated MASH Team Lead.
• Right Support, Right Time: We are committed to a "front door" service that prioritizes the safety and welfare of children through robust multi-agency cooperation.

Qualifications & 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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