Adult Social worker – Advanced Practitioner/Deputy Manager – Rochdale

Liquid Personnel; Rochdale; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Adult Social Worker to serve as an Advanced Practitioner/Deputy Manager in Rochdale. The role involves supervising a team, delivering assessments, and leading on statutory duties within a Community Mental Health Team. Candidates must hold a Social Work degree and have relevant experience. Benefits include a competitive pay rate and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible and hybrid working

Supportive team

Free DBS and compliance service

Access to exclusive roles

Free access to training and CPD portal

Dedicated consultant support

Refer a Friend bonus

Find your own job bonus

Qualifications

• Must have Social Work England registration and post-qualified experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership within a Community Mental Health Team.
• Deliver assessments, reviews, and care planning in line with legislative frameworks.
• Lead on statutory duties including safeguarding enquiries and mental capacity assessments.

Skills

Leadership

Assessment

Safeguarding

Mental Health Knowledge

Education

Social Work Degree

Job description

Job Title: Adult Social worker – Advanced Practitioner/Deputy Manager – Rochdale
Location: Rochdale
Pay Rate: £40

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an Adult Social Worker to join our client as a Advanced Practitioner/Deputy Manager based in Rochdale.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Provide professional leadership within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), supervising council-employed social workers and assessment workers while maintaining a small, complex caseload.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of statutory adult social care and secondary mental health services, delivering assessments, reviews, and care planning in line with legislative frameworks.
• Lead on statutory duties including safeguarding enquiries, mental capacity assessments, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Court of Protection applications, and social circumstance reports.
• Offer expert guidance to multi-disciplinary team members, ensuring the delivery of local authority responsibilities within a health-led CMHT structure.
• Receive professional supervision from the Social Care and AMHP Manager and contribute to the ongoing development of integrated, person-centred mental health practice.

Benefits:

• Great rate of pay £40 per hour
• Flexible and hybrid working to support work-life balance
• Supportive team

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have Social Work England registration, be eligible to work in the UK, hold a qualification in Social Work at degree level, and have post-qualified experience.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• 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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