Social Worker – Children Looked After

Liquid Personnel are in partnership with Knowsley Council to recruit a Social Worker within their Children Looked After Team.

Are you a Qualified Social Worker? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of children and families through effective social care? Do you want to be part of a team that values your knowledge, experience, and who you are as a person?

If so, Knowsley Children's Services could be the place for you. Following their recent Ofsted inspection, Knowsley's Children's Social Care Services (CSC) department is on an improvement journey and would love you to be part of it.

About the Role

As a Children Looked After Social Worker, you will be picking up cases from the Initial Hearing stage and therefore will be undertaking court work without Child Protection or Child in Need responsibilities.

You will be expected to manage a maximum of 3-4 sets of proceedings at any one time. Within this team, you will be responsible for offering permanency planning for children.

Additional Benefits

Knowsley is a Disability Confident Employer, offering inclusive and accessible recruitment, guaranteed interviews for eligible disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments, and ongoing support for employees.

Flexible and Hybrid Working Arrangements with family-friendly initiatives. Flexible hours, home working, compressed hours, and part-time options are available where appropriate.

Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 28 days' annual leave, with the option to purchase up to 10 additional days.

Manageable Workloads, with directors, heads of service, and team managers working together to ensure staff are supported.

Differentiated Sickness Absence arrangements for individuals living with a disability.

Menopause Policy supporting women in the workplace.

Local Government Pension Scheme.

Newly Developed Bespoke Four-Week Induction Programme.

High-Quality IT Equipment to support agile working.

Learning and Career Development opportunities through a broad range of blended learning programmes.

Supportive Practice Improvement Team to help embed learning from audits and reviews.

Employee Support Networks, including Black & Minority Workers' Group, LGBT+ Forum, and Neurodiverse Staff Support Group.

Wellbeing Support Programmes for employees.

Apprenticeship Opportunities.

Secondment Opportunities.

MyTime, providing monthly one-to-one sessions dedicated to career development.

Reflective Supervision every four weeks.

Access to Signs of Safety Group Supervision.

Newly Developed Progression Pathway.

Learning at Work Week, celebrating and recognising excellent practice across the council.

Visible and Accessible Leadership, including monthly Principal Social Worker (PSW) drop-in sessions.

Themed Practice Learning Week, offering a range of bite-sized learning opportunities.

Cycle to Work Scheme, providing significant savings on bicycles and safety equipment.

Bank Holiday Entitlement.

Free Eye Tests and contributions towards the cost of glasses through the corporate eye care scheme.

Childcare Vouchers.

Free Refreshments, including tea, coffee, and milk.

Discounted Gym Membership.

Credit Union Membership.

VIVUP Discounts & Savings Scheme, offering a range of employee discounts and benefits.