Social Worker - Community Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult's Social Worker to join its client's Community Team, based in Barking and Dagenham.

• Manage a caseload of adults with varying levels of need, including complex cases depending on experience.
• Complete Care Act assessments, reviews, and reassessments.
• Develop and review person-centred support plans that promote independence and wellbeing.
• Undertake safeguarding enquiries and manage risk effectively.
• Complete Mental Capacity Assessments and apply the Mental Capacity Act where appropriate.
• Support hospital discharges and work proactively to prevent unnecessary admissions.
• Work collaboratively with individuals, families, health professionals, community partners, housing providers, voluntary organisations, and other partner agencies.
• Provide information, advice, and guidance to adults and their carers.
• Coordinate care and support to ensure individuals receive appropriate services and achieve positive outcomes.
• Support vulnerable adults while promoting informed choice, independence, and wellbeing.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality case records.
• Contribute to service development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support and supervise less experienced colleagues where appropriate.

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Ongoing training, CPD, and career development opportunities
• Supportive management and collaborative team environment

• A recognised Social Work qualification
• Current Social Work England (SWE) registration
• Experience undertaking assessments, reviews, and safeguarding interventions within adult social care
• Good knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation
• Strong multi-agency partnership working skills
• Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving abilities
• A compassionate, proactive, and person-centred approach to practice
• A commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for adults and their families

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.

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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