Senior Social Worker - Community Mental Health

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult’s Social Worker to join its client’s Community Mental Health team, based in Bromley (South East London). 

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner with mental health experience who is looking to take on a senior role within a multidisciplinary setting. Alongside managing a complex caseload, you will provide professional leadership on Care Act and AMHP practice, support the Team Manager, supervise Social Work staff, and contribute to the ongoing development of mental health services.

The role offers the chance to combine frontline Social Work with leadership, mentoring, safeguarding, and service development responsibilities within a supportive and integrated Health and Social Care environment.

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Hold a complex caseload and provide assessment, intervention, and support to adults with mental health needs and their carers.
• Deliver Care Act assessments, support planning, reviews, Personal Budgets, and Direct Payments.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance on Care Act duties and Adult Social Care practice.
• Undertake safeguarding responsibilities, including Enquiry Officer and Safeguarding Adult Manager roles.
• Carry out Mental Health Act duties as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).
• Provide professional supervision, mentoring, and support to Social Workers and less experienced team members.
• Support Practice Education for Social Work students and AMHP trainees.
• Chair and participate in planning meetings, safeguarding meetings, reviews, and case conferences.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies to deliver positive outcomes.
• Support the Team Manager in ensuring Adult Social Care priorities are embedded within service delivery.

Benefits:  

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

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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