Senior Social Work Assistant – Area Services

Our client is looking for a Senior Social Work Assistant to join our Area Services team in Birmingham. We are a “One Team” organization dedicated to high support and high challenge, working together to make Birmingham the greatest city to grow up in.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Case Management: Act as the “allocated worker” for specific cases as assigned by the Team Manager or Social Worker.
• Assessments: Complete assessments that comply with statutory requirements, ensuring the well-being and safety of the child is always paramount.
• Direct Support: Provide practical day-to-day support to children and their families.
• Data Analysis: Collect, record, and critically analyze information using management systems to fulfill statutory responsibilities.
• Partnership Working: Liaise with other professionals and agencies to ensure services are “joined up” and achieve optimal outcomes.
• Reporting: Accurately record and communicate evidence-based information through written and verbal reports.
• Service Development: Attend team meetings and service reviews to contribute positively to the team’s outcomes.

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• Experience: Proven experience in a social care environment supporting vulnerable children and young people.
• Professionalism: A commitment to personal professional development and reflective practice.
• Knowledge: Up-to-date knowledge of changes to legislation, court rules, and best practice developments.
• Team Skills: Ability to work as a team member and support the Team Manager with additional duties as needed.
• Values: A commitment to the Trust’s values: One Team, Accountability, Quality, and Relationships.

Working Environment

• Supervision: You will work within established guidelines with regular scrutiny and support from a Team Manager.
• Safeguarding: Birmingham Children’s Trust is committed to safeguarding; this post requires Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) and ISA checks.
• Inclusion: You will be required to observe the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy at all times.

About the client

Our Client serves a population of over 1.1 million, focusing on driving up the quality of practice for the 32.4% of children in the city living in poverty. Our sole purpose is to make a positive difference for the children and families we serve.

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.

BH - 198232
GH - 34667