Children in Care Team Knowsley Council £39 per hour
About the role
This is a Children in Care role within a statutory children s service, working with children and young people subject to care proceedings, care orders, and long-term care planning. You ll hold cases from care entry through to permanence, working closely with carers, IROs, schools, health, and wider professionals to ensure children s needs are met and plans progress without drift.
The role requires strong care planning practice, direct work with children, and clear recording. Confidence around court-related work, statutory visits, and placement stability is important.
Key responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of children and young people in care, ensuring all statutory duties are met.
- Complete statutory visits and direct work, keeping the child s lived experience central to planning.
- Develop and progress care plans that are outcome-focused, realistic, and regularly reviewed.
- Work toward permanence planning (reunification, long-term fostering, kinship, or adoption where appropriate).
- Monitor and support placement stability, identifying risks early and taking action to reduce disruption.
- Prepare high-quality reports for Looked After Reviews, court, and other statutory meetings.
- Work closely with IROs, foster carers, residential settings, schools, and health professionals.
- Participate in multi-agency meetings and ensure plans are progressed within timescales.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date case recordings in line with statutory requirements and local policy.
- Escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately and take timely action where risk increases.
Benefits
- £39 per hour locum rate
- Well-established statutory team with a clear focus on children in care
- Good fit for social workers with strong care planning and permanence experience
- Meaningful, relationship-based work with children and young people
Requirements
- Social Work qualification (Degree/DipSW/CQSW or equivalent)
- Social Work England registration
- Recent statutory children s social work experience
- Experience in a Children in Care / Looked After Children / Corporate Parenting team
- Confident with care planning, permanence planning, and statutory processes
- Strong assessment, recording, and multi-agency working skills
Interested?
For more information or to apply, contact:
Emily Cooper
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