Social Worker - First Response Team

Liquid Personnel

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Trafford Until 8/21/2026 First posted April 21, 2026 Last posted April 21, 2026
Job description

Job Title: Social Worker - First Response Team
Location: Trafford 
Pay Rate: £35 per hour

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join its client’s First Response Team in Trafford.

What will your responsibilities be?

  • Respond promptly to referrals and undertake initial assessments of children and families.
  • Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to ensure timely interventions.
  • Safeguard and promote the welfare of children in line with statutory requirements.
  • Prepare clear, concise reports and maintain accurate case records.
  • Participate in duty rota and manage urgent cases effectively.
  • Engage with families to develop plans that address identified needs and risks.
  • Ensure compliance with legislation, policies, and best practice standards.

Benefits:

  • Support from senior members of staff
  • Great location with excellent public transport links
  • Competitive rate of pay

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

  • Social Work England registration
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • Hold a full UK driving licence
  • Post-qualified experience
  • 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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About this role

Summary

Respond to referrals, assess families, collaborate with partners, safeguard children, maintain records.

Job title

Social Worker - First Response Team

Experience level

post-qualified experience

Industry

social services

Location requirements

Trafford, UK with UK work eligibility and driving license

Salary

£35 per hour

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

social work registrationUK work eligibilitydriving licensedegree in social work

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

children welfareassessmentreferralsmulti-agency
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

Work arrangement unknown