Social Worker - Children Looked After

Job Title

• Social
• Worker -
• Children
• Looked
• After
• Location:
• Hackney
• Pay
• Rate: £35-38 per hour (dependent upon experience)

Exciting opportunity! Liquid Personnel seeks a passionate Social Worker to join our client’s Children Looked After team in Hackney.

• What will your responsibilities be?
• Manage a caseload of children who are in the care of the local authority.
• Develop, implement, and regularly review care plans tailored to each child’s needs.
• Ensure children’s placements (foster care, residential care, kinship care) are safe, stable, and supportive.
• Promote the child’s health, education, and emotional wellbeing, ensuring access to appropriate services.
• Maintain regular contact with children through statutory visits and direct work.
• Prepare and present reports for Looked After Child Reviews.
• Work closely with birth families, carers, schools, health professionals, and other agencies.
• Support children through transitions, including reunification with family, adoption, or leaving care.
• Advocate for the child’s voice to be heard in all aspects of planning and decision-making.

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