Social Worker – Adult Social Care Direct – Wakefield

Liquid Personnel; Wakefield; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a qualified Social Worker for Adult Social Care Direct in Wakefield. This role involves triaging social care assessments and safeguarding referrals. The position offers a competitive pay rate of £35 per hour, flexible working, and supportive team dynamics to enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible and hybrid working

Supportive team

Free access to training and CPD portal

Twice weekly payroll

Refer a Friend bonus

Find your own job bonus

Qualifications

• Registration with Social Work England required.
• Post-qualified experience necessary.
• Specialist qualifications like BIA or AMHP highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Triage new referrals for social care assessments.
• Attend multi-agency meetings and lead initiatives.
• Provide urgent responses and advice.

Skills

Communication

Crisis management

Decision-making

Education

Degree in Social Work

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Social Worker – Adult Social Care Direct – Wakefield, Wakefield

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Wakefield, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.07.2025

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16.08.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Social Worker – Adult Social Care Direct – Wakefield
Location: Wakefield
Pay Rate: £ 35/per hour

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Social Worker for our esteem client, your role will involve triaging these referrals, providing urgent responses, offering advice and information, and signposting. You will be responsible for triaging requests for social care assessments and safeguarding referrals.

Requirements for the role:

• Triage new referrals, including social care assessments and safeguarding, providing urgent responses, advice, and signposting.
• Attend multi-agency meetings and lead new initiatives and team developments.
• Utilise specialist qualifications (BIA, AMHP, Practice Educator, or ASYE Assessor) to support best practice.
• Communicate effectively over the phone, handling varied, fast-paced, and crisis intervention work.
• Perform non-case-holding duties, focusing on short-term assessments and rapid decision-making.

Benefits of the role:

• Great rate of pay £35 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.

• 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 *