Senior Social Worker – Children in Care

Liquid Personnel is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join our client's Children in Care team in Barnsley. This role is for an experienced practitioner who can manage a complex workload independently, providing high-quality interventions and acting as a mentor to develop practice standards within the team.

What will your responsibilities be?

Expert Caseload Management: Independently manage a complex workload of children in care, maintaining high standards of professional practice.

Relationship & Participation: Build effective relationships with children and families to ensure their views are central to decision-making and care planning.

Advanced Assessment: Undertake and produce high-quality assessments in accordance with statutory and operational standards, with a focus on anticipating and managing risk in complex situations.

Intervention & Review: Plan and implement a range of interventions for children and carers, ensuring regular reviews in line with service policies.

Communication & Advocacy: Communicate confidently in high-risk or complex situations, clearly recording analysis and professional judgements in succinct reports.

Mentoring & Leadership: Play a positive role in practice development by mentoring others and modelling best practices in assessments and inter-agency work.