Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult’s Social Worker to join its client’s Mental Health team, based in Manchester

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage a caseload of adults experiencing a range of complex and enduring mental health difficulties, providing person-centred and strengths-based social work interventions.
• Complete comprehensive assessments of social care, mental health, safeguarding, risk and support needs.
• Develop, implement and review personalised care and support plans in partnership with service users, carers and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT).
• Undertake Care Act assessments and reviews, including consideration of eligibility, wellbeing, prevention and least restrictive support options.
• Contribute to risk assessments and risk management plans, responding appropriately to changes in presentation, safeguarding concerns and crisis situations.
• Work collaboratively with psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, support workers and other professionals to provide coordinated care.
• Support service users to develop and maintain independence, social inclusion, meaningful activity, housing stability and community connections.
• Provide advice, information and advocacy around housing, benefits, employment, finances, social care and other wider determinants of wellbeing.
• Work proactively with families, carers and relevant professionals, ensuring their views and needs are appropriately considered.
• Safeguard adults at risk and take appropriate action in line with local safeguarding procedures and statutory responsibilities.
• Support service users through transitions between services, including hospital discharge, community support and onward referrals.
• Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality case records in accordance with professional, organisational and legal requirements.
• Participate in MDT meetings, clinical reviews, care programme processes and other relevant meetings.
• Work within relevant legislation, policies and professional standards, including the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding frameworks.
• Promote service-user choice, autonomy, recovery, equality, diversity and human rights in all aspects of practice.
• Build effective therapeutic and professional relationships, using appropriate communication and social work skills to engage people who may be reluctant or difficult to engage with services.
• Identify and respond to changes in need, escalating concerns and accessing additional support where appropriate.
• Work with partner agencies and community organisations to promote integrated, preventative and recovery-focused support.
• Participate in supervision, reflective practice, training and continuous professional development.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing development of effective social work practice within the CMHT.