Liquid Personnel
Social Worker – West Locality Team
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Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker for its client's West Locality Team based in Walsall. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of adults with care and support needs by delivering strengths-based, person-centred interventions that promote independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes.
As part of a supportive and collaborative team, you will work with adults, carers, families, and partner agencies to assess needs, manage risk, develop care plans, and ensure individuals receive the right support at the right time. This role is ideal for a confident practitioner who is passionate about empowering people to achieve greater independence while safeguarding those most at risk.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Complete strengths-based assessments for adults and carers in line with the Care Act 2014.
- Develop and review person-centred Care and Support Plans focused on achieving positive outcomes.
- Manage a varied caseload, ensuring assessments, reviews, and interventions are completed within required timescales.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement effective risk management strategies.
- Lead safeguarding enquiries, safeguarding planning, and reviews where concerns regarding abuse or neglect arise.
- Undertake Mental Capacity Assessments and contribute to Best Interest decisions when required.
- Advocate for adults and ensure access to independent advocacy services where appropriate.
- Work in partnership with health professionals, carers, families, voluntary organisations, and other agencies.
- Promote strengths-based practice and community-led solutions to maximise independence.
- Maintain accurate and timely case records, assessments, and reports.
- Participate in supervision and contribute to a culture of continuous professional development.
- Provide guidance and support to newly qualified social workers, students, and less experienced colleagues.
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Benefits of the role
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where available.
- Competitive agency pay rates.
- Supportive management and regular supervision.
- Access to training and professional development opportunities.
- Opportunity to work within a well-established Adult Social Care team.
- Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.
Qualifications and Experiences
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A recognised Social Work qualification (BA, BSc, MA, Diploma in Social Work, or CQSW).
- Current registration with Social Work England.
- Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care.
- Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated guidance.
- Experience completing strengths-based assessments, reviews, risk assessments, and care planning.
- Proven ability to lead safeguarding enquiries and implement safeguarding plans.
- Excellent communication, report-writing, and case management skills.
- Commitment to person-centred, anti-discriminatory, and outcome-focused practice.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is desirable.
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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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