Social Worker - Community Team

Liquidpersonnel; Slough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

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Free DBS

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Refer a Friend £500

Find your own job £250

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its Community Team in Slough. The role focuses on adults and carers, delivering strengths-based, person-centred social work to promote independence, wellbeing and positive outcomes.

You will manage caseloads, carry out assessments, care and support planning, safeguarding, and risk management in a community setting, collaborating with families, carers and health partners to ensure proportionate support.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration is required.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Post-qualified experience required.
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of adults and carers, conducting assessments and interventions per statutory duties and best practice.
• Complete Strengths-based Care Act Assessments to identify eligible needs and outcomes.
• Develop, implement and review person-centred care plans promoting independence and wellbeing.
• Undertake scheduled and unscheduled reviews to keep support aligned with changing needs.
• Work with individuals, carers, families and partners to maximise community-based support.
• Assess and manage risk, safeguarding vulnerable adults and promoting positive outcomes.
• Undertake safeguarding enquiries in line with Care Act 2014 and local procedures.
• Conduct Mental Capacity Assessments as required and apply MCA 2005 principles.
• Support individuals through crises using professional judgement and available resources.
• Coordinate services with health colleagues, care providers and voluntary organisations.

Skills

Social Work England registration

Eligible to work in the UK

Full UK driving licence

Post-qualified experience

Education

Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Community Team at Slough.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to work with adults and their careers, delivering strengths-based, person-centred social work interventions that promote independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes.

The successful candidate will hold a caseload of adults and/or their careers, undertaking assessments, care and support planning, reviews, safeguarding interventions, and risk management. Working within a community setting, you will apply a strengths-based approach to support individuals in achieving their desired outcomes whilst maintaining independence and maximising available community resources and support networks.

You will work collaboratively with individuals, families, carers, health professionals, providers, and partner agencies to ensure people receive appropriate and proportionate support in accordance with relevant legislation, departmental procedures, and best practice.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Managing a caseload of adults and carers, undertaking assessments and interventions in accordance with statutory duties and best practice.
• Completing strengths-based Care Act Assessments to identify eligible needs, personal outcomes, and appropriate support arrangements.
• Developing, implementing, and reviewing person-centred care and support plans that promote independence, wellbeing, and community inclusion.
• Undertaking scheduled and unscheduled reviews to ensure support arrangements remain appropriate and responsive to changing needs.
• Working collaboratively with individuals, carers, families, advocates, and partner agencies to identify strengths and maximise community-based support.
• Assessing and managing risk, ensuring appropriate interventions are implemented to safeguard vulnerable adults and promote positive outcomes.
• Responding to safeguarding concerns and undertaking safeguarding enquiries in line with the Care Act 2014 and local safeguarding procedures.
• Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments where required and applying the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Supporting individuals through periods of crisis and increased vulnerability, utilising professional judgement and available resources to achieve positive outcomes.
• Coordinating services and support provision with health colleagues, care providers, voluntary sector organisations, and community resources.
• Undertaking carers' assessments and ensuring carers receive appropriate support and access to relevant services.
• Preparing clear, concise, and evidence-based assessments, reports, support plans, and case recordings.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date case records in accordance with legislative, professional, and organisational standards.
• Participating in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings to ensure coordinated and effective support for individuals and their families.

Qualifications & 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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