Liverpool City Council is recruiting a passionate and skilled Social Worker to join its Complex Safeguarding / Protect Team. This rewarding role is perfect for professionals dedicated to protecting vulnerable children, young people, and adults, delivering high-quality social care, and making a real impact in the Liverpool community.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK or meet Home Office Skilled Worker visa eligibility criteria. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the Home Office guidance before applying.
In this role, you will work within a supportive team environment, develop specialist expertise in complex safeguarding, and contribute to safeguarding strategies that protect and empower those at risk.
This is an outstanding opportunity for individuals seeking social worker jobs in Liverpool with opportunities for professional development, career progression, and meaningful work in the public sector.
Position: Social Worker
Salary: £40,777-£44,142 per year
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Liverpool
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
Our Practice Model – “Our City, Our Children, Together” – was chosen by colleagues, parents and carers, children, and young people to reflect our collective commitment to working collaboratively, it is more than just a practice model, it is a shared vision. Every part of this model has been co-produced with the people who access and deliver our services. It represents our values, our relationships, and our belief that, by working together, we can create the best outcomes for children, young people, and their networks. This is a model we can be proud of and one that truly belongs to all of us.
The aim of the Protect Team Is to improve outcomes for young people identified as being sexually and/or criminally exploited, working collaboratively and holistically with families and multi-agencies to manage the risks and develop a safety plan for the young person to re-engage in education or training within their community.
Main Responsibilities
The Role:
- As a social worker within Complex Safeguarding, you will be a qualified, Social Work England (SWE) actively registered Children’s Social Worker and experienced within Children’s Social Care, with specific relevant experience in Child Exploitation and Complex Safeguard
- As a frontline social worker, you will need a robust understanding of children and young people’s risk to exploitation, ensuring that they are protected from significant harm to minimise risk and ensure optimum safety and welfare of our young people
- As a Children’s social worker, you will be responsible to identify levels of risk using your professional judgement, applying critical reflection and using evidence-based tools
- As a social worker you will be part of a progressive and dynamic team, the collaborative environment encourages multi-agency working, you will be confident to build and develop professional relationships with excellent communication, creative engagement, direct work and interpersonal skills with young people and their families
- As an experienced social worker you will have sound knowledge and understanding of all children’s legislation, particularly statutory guidance, policies, procedures and frameworks in relation to safeguarding processes
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and up to date registration with Social Work England as a qualified Social Worker
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.
Although we advertise on Jobs Go Public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.
Application Process
Application Deadline
October 12th, 2025