Social Worker – Family Help & Front Door

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a ChildrensSocial Worker to join its clients Family Help & Front Door team based in Manchester.
This is a uniquenon-case holdingsocial work opportunity designed to bridge the gap between Family Help Services and the Front Door of Social Care. Rather than managing a traditional caseload you will act as a community-facing consultant and facilitator ensuring families receive early effective intervention and that risk is identified accurately at the point of referral.

What will your responsibilities be

• Community Outreach:Reach out into the community to support families by building on their existing strengths and facilitating access to necessary support services.
• Front Door Support:Work alongside First Response Advisors and multi-agency partners to process referrals share information and identify both risks and strengths.
• Partnership Coordination:Use high-level partnership skills to draw agencies together showing partners how to build effective plans and enable successful interventions.
• Service Navigation:Ensure the right work reaches the right place at the right time by facilitating smooth work transfers from the Front Door to the appropriate long-term services.
• Risk Consultation: Provide expert advice and guidance on levels of need and risk thresholds to community partners and families.

Working Hours and Flexibility:

• Non-Case Holding:This is a purely consultative and facilitative role focusing on throughput and community engagement rather than long-term case management.
• Service Needs:You may be required to work outside of core business hours to meet the needs of the service and the families within the community.
• Contract:Full-time agency cover within an Outstanding rated local authority.

Our Commitment:

• Strengths-Based Practice:We believe in empowering families through relationship-based social work and early intervention.
• Integrated Care: We are aligning our services to ensure there is no wrong door for families seeking help in Manchester.

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Social Work England registrationand a recognized Social Work qualification.
• Risk Expertise:Deep knowledge of safeguarding thresholds and the ability to assess risk confidently in a non-statutory setting.
• Relationship Building:Exceptional engagement skills with the ability to build kind professional relationships with families and community stakeholders.
• Compliance:Candidates must provide a5-year reference history(with all gaps checked) and must pass theDfE Recommendation Compliance Questions to be considered.

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 arent available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquids 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 *

Note to Applicants:This role is ideal for an experienced Social Worker who enjoys the front end of social care and partnership working but prefers a role without the requirements of long-term statutory case holding.

Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process please highlight this at your earliest opportunity.

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