Liquid Personnel
Adoption Team Manager

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Liquid Personnel is recruiting Children’s Social Worker Team Manager
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker Team Manager to join its client’s Adoption Team, based in Seaham. This exciting opportunity with Durham’s Adoption Service involves co-leading two adoption teams, driving performance and service improvements. The role includes acting as Panel Advisor and quality assuring Stage 2 adoption assessments, requiring strong expertise in adoption practice.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Work collaboratively with the other Adoption Team Manager to manage performance and lead service development.
- Act as Panel Advisor, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and best practice.
- Quality assure Stage 2 adoption assessments to maintain high standards.
- Drive forward current developments in adoption and oversee areas such as Access to Records and Non-Agency Adoption.
- Provide leadership and support to team members, fostering a positive and high-performing culture.
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Benefits:
- Competitive hourly rate of £37.66
- Opportunity to influence and shape adoption services
- Supportive leadership environment
Qualifications and Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have:
- Social Work England registration
- Qualified Social Worker (Degree or equivalent)
- Minimum 3 years post-qualifying experience in adoption
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Full UK driving licence
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


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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.
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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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