Social Worker – Adults Community

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker – Adults Community for its client’s Adult Community Team based in London Borough of Newham.

As a Social Worker in the Adult Community Team, you will manage a varied caseload of adults with a range of social care needs. Working closely with individuals, families, health professionals, and community partners, you will promote independence, wellbeing, and informed choice while ensuring statutory responsibilities are met. You will play a key role in supporting vulnerable adults, undertaking assessments, coordinating care, and safeguarding those at risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of adults with varying levels of need, including complex cases depending on experience
• Complete Care Act assessments, reviews, and reassessments
• Develop and review person-centred support plans that promote independence and wellbeing
• Undertake safeguarding enquiries and manage risk effectively
• Complete Mental Capacity Assessments and apply the Mental Capacity Act where appropriate
• Support hospital discharges and work proactively to prevent unnecessary admissions
• Work collaboratively with health services, housing providers, voluntary organisations, and other partner agencies
• Provide information, advice, and guidance to adults and their carers
• Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality case records
• Contribute to service development and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support and supervise less experienced colleagues where appropriate

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification
• Current Social Work England (SWE) registration
• Experience undertaking assessments, reviews, and safeguarding interventions within adult social care
• Good knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation
• Strong multi-agency partnership working skills
• Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving abilities
• A compassionate, proactive, and person-centred approach to practice
• A commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for adults and their families

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.