Social Worker – Intermediate Care

Our Client’s Intermediate Care Service is seeking a dedicated and motivated Social Worker to join their fantastic team in Southwark London Borough.

This 6‑month fixed‑term opportunity has been created to support the service in addressing a waiting list backlog, ensuring residents receive timely, high‑quality support.

Working as part of an integrated Health and Social Care team, you will play a key role in supporting residents through their recovery and reablement journey. You will work closely with multi‑disciplinary colleagues to deliver coordinated, person‑centred care that promotes independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Completing
• Care Act assessments
• , reviews, and personalised care and support plans
• Carrying out
• Mental Capacity Assessments and contributing to Best Interests decision‑making
• Managing safeguarding concerns, assessing risk, and embedding effective protection plans
• Working collaboratively with health partners, community resources, and informal networks to deliver holistic, strengths‑based support
• Ensuring timely, accurate case recording and contributing to a culture of learning and reflective practice

About You

You will be a registered Social Worker who is passionate about empowering people and promoting independence. You will bring a strengths‑based, person‑centred approach and be confident working within a multi‑disciplinary environment.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in integrated health and social care, reablement, or rehabilitation settings
• Strong knowledge of social care legislation, policy, and safeguarding practice
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Excellent communication, assessment, and organisational skills
• The ability to manage competing demands while keeping residents at the centre of decision‑making

About the Team

Intermediate Care is an innovative, inclusive, and supportive service operating across five local areas within the borough. Working in small multi‑disciplinary groups enables the team to build strong community links, understand local needs, and respond effectively to diverse communities.

The service promotes a strong culture of learning, reflection, and professional development. You will have access to ongoing development opportunities and the chance to positively influence how integrated care is delivered across Southwark.

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.

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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