Senior Practitioner – Children in Care

Job Title: Senior Practitioner – Children in Care
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £33.30 per hour
Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary
Start Date: Immediate

Job Description:

Join our client's Children’s Trust as a Senior Practitioner within the Children in Care (CIC) Team based in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment, delivering high-quality services to children and young people in care.

You will play a key role in managing complex cases, supporting court processes, and ensuring that care planning meets statutory requirements and promotes positive outcomes for children.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert social work practice within the Children in Care Team, ensuring compliance with legislation and Birmingham Children’s Trust procedures.
• Manage complex cases, including those requiring court involvement, and provide high-quality reports and evidence.
• Undertake assessments, care planning, and reviews, ensuring the child’s voice is central to all decisions.
• Offer guidance and support to less experienced team members, promoting best practice.
• Work collaboratively with families, carers, and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes.
• Maintain accurate and timely case records and reports in line with professional standards.

Benefits of working in this role:

• Competitive hourly rate of £33.30
• Supportive team environment
• Opportunity to work on complex and rewarding cases

Requirements:

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Minimum of 3 years’ post-qualified experience in a permanent role (DFE requirement)
• CIC and court experience essential
• 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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