Social Worker - Children & Families Help Protection

Liquid Personnel

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St Helens Until 8/22/2026 First posted July 14, 2025 Last posted July 14, 2025
Job description

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting experienced and passionate Children and Families Social Workers who are seeking their next locum opportunity. Our client in St Helens is looking for a skilled professional to join their Family Help and Protection Team, where your work will play a vital role in shaping the futures of vulnerable children and families.

What will your responsibilities be?

You’ll join a supportive team of six social workers, led by an Assistant Team Manager and Team Manager who are committed to reflective supervision and manageable caseloads. This role covers the full spectrum of statutory social work, including:

  • Children in Need (CIN)
  • Child Protection (CP)
  • Pre-Proceedings (PLO)
  • Care Proceedings through to Final Hearing

Benefits:

  • Competitive $46/hour locum rate
  • Flexible hybrid working arrangements
  • Weekly payroll and dedicated consultant support
  • Access to exclusive roles and CPD opportunities

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

  • Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration
  • Proven experience in statutory children’s services, especially within court proceedings
  • Confident in managing complex cases and working within legal frameworks
  • Strong assessment, communication and report-writing skills

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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About this role

Summary

Manage statutory child protection cases, assessments, and legal proceedings in a supportive team.

Job title

Social Worker - Children & Families Help Protection

Experience level

proven experience in statutory children’s services

Industry

social services

Location requirements

hybrid working in St Helens, UK, with remote options allowed

Salary

$46/hour locum rate

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

social work england registrationchildren’s serviceslegal frameworks

Preferred skills

court proceedingsassessmentreport-writing

Specializations

children and familieschild protectioncourt proceedings
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

St Helens, Saint Helens, UK

Hybrid City