Social Worker - Community Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult’s Social Worker to join its client’s Community team, based in Wakefield.

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Undertake comprehensive assessments of individuals’ social care needs, considering their personal circumstances, strengths, risks, and support networks.
• Develop, implement, and review person-centred care and support plans that promote independence, wellbeing, choice, and control.
• Assess eligibility for social care services in accordance with relevant legislation, policies, and local authority procedures.
• Identify and manage risks, including safeguarding concerns, self-neglect, abuse, neglect, and situations where individuals may be vulnerable.
• Coordinate and arrange appropriate care and support services, working collaboratively with individuals, families, carers, and external agencies.
• Work in partnership with health professionals, multidisciplinary teams, housing services, and voluntary sector organisations to achieve positive outcomes.
• Promote strengths-based and preventative approaches, supporting individuals to maintain independence and access community resources.
• Undertake reviews of care and support arrangements to ensure they remain appropriate, effective, and responsive to changing needs.
• Provide information, advice, and guidance to individuals and their carers regarding available services, support options, and their rights.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential case records, assessments, care plans, and reports in accordance with organisational and professional standards.
• Respond appropriately to urgent referrals and complex situations, prioritising cases according to assessed need, risk, and statutory responsibilities.
• Contribute to safeguarding enquiries, multidisciplinary meetings, and joint working arrangements to promote the safety and wellbeing of adults at risk.
• Support carers by identifying their needs, undertaking carers’ assessments where appropriate, and facilitating access to relevant support services.
• Ensure all practice complies with relevant legislation, statutory guidance, organisational policies, and professional standards, including the Social Work England professional standards.
• Participate in supervision, reflective practice, training, and continuing professional development to maintain and improve the quality of social work practice.

Benefits: 

• Competitive pay rate
  
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements
  
• Generic role, working with a variety of service users

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

• Social Work England registration 
• Eligible to work in the UK 
• Hold a full UK driving licence 
• Post-qualified experience 
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work  

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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