Social Worker - Locality Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Locality Team at Herefordshire.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to work with a diverse range of adults, including older people, individuals with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and mental health needs, delivering strengths-based and person-centred social work interventions that promote independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes.

The successful candidate will manage a varied and complex caseload, undertaking statutory assessments, support planning, safeguarding enquiries, and risk management interventions. Working collaboratively with service users, carers, families, health professionals, and partner agencies, you will play a key role in ensuring adults receive the right support at the right time whilst maintaining choice, control, and dignity.

What will your responsibilities be?

Managing a varied caseload involving older adults, individuals with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and mental health needs.

Undertaking Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, reassessments, and support planning to identify eligible needs and promote positive outcomes.

Developing, implementing, and reviewing person-centred Care and Support Plans that maximise independence, wellbeing, and choice.

Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and facilitating Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Leading and contributing to Section 42 safeguarding enquiries in line with Adult Safeguarding legislation and procedures.

Assessing and managing complex risks, balancing individual choice with safety and positive risk-taking.

Supporting Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and processes where appropriate.

Undertaking Section 117 aftercare responsibilities and reviews for eligible individuals.

Working collaboratively with health professionals, community services, care providers, families, carers, and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes.

Preparing professional reports, assessments, and documentation to support decision-making and legal processes where required.

Promoting strengths-based practice and empowering individuals to access community resources, support networks, and preventative services.

Participating in multidisciplinary meetings, safeguarding discussions, reviews, and case conferences.

Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant records, assessments, reports, and support plans.

Qualifications & Experience:

• To be successful in this role you must have, Professional Qualification: MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification.
• Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience: Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care services.
• Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Adult Safeguarding legislation, Continuing Healthcare processes, and associated statutory guidance.
• Assessment Skills: Proven ability to undertake complex assessments, reviews, support planning, and risk management interventions.
• Safeguarding Experience: Experience undertaking Section 42 enquiries and managing complex safeguarding concerns.
• Multi-Agency Working: Strong experience working collaboratively with health professionals, community services, care providers, families, and partner agencies.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication, report-writing, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Professional Development: Interest in developing specialist practice through qualifications such as Practice Educator, Best Interest Assessor (BIA), and Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).
• Driving Licence: Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
• Professional Practice: Commitment to strengths-based, person-centred practice and continuous professional development.
• 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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