Social Worker - Locality Team

Liquid Personnel; London Borough of Bromley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a Friend bonus £500

Find your own job bonus £250

Free DBS and compliance service

Faster Pay service

Exclusive social work training and CPD

Dedicated consultant

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker to join its Locality Team in Bromley. You will work with adults 18+ with diverse care needs, conducting assessments under Care Act, developing care plans, and coordinating with families and professionals to promote independence and safety.

This role focuses on safeguarding, person-centred support, and effective risk management, with opportunities to collaborate across services and access our CPD resources.

Qualifications

• Experience in statutory Adult Social Care.
• Experience conducting community-based social work assessments.
• Strong knowledge of Care Act assessments and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience managing complex cases and assessing risk.
• Ability to develop and review person-centred care and support plans.
• Knowledge of personal budgets and support planning.
• Excellent communication, report-writing and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload and work independently.
• Strong partnership-working and multidisciplinary team experience.

Responsibilities

• Undertake strengths-based Care Act 2014 assessments of adults and carers.
• Identify eligible care needs, individual strengths, risks and desired outcomes.
• Develop, implement and review personalised care and support plans.
• Manage a varied caseload, including complex cases.
• Undertake safeguarding assessments and enquiries involving adults at risk.
• Apply Making Safeguarding Personal principles.
• Undertake risk assessments and promote independence and wellbeing.
• Support carers and assess their individual needs.
• Manage personal budgets and identify appropriate support services.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, families and community organisations.
• Maintain accurate assessments, case records and professional reports.
• Ensure all practice complies with statutory legislation and professional standards.

Skills

Adult social care

Community-based assessments

Care Act assessments

Risk assessment

Person-centred care planning

Personal budgets

Communication & report-writing

Caseload management

Partnership working

Education

Social Work Degree / CQSW / CSS / DipSW

Registration with Social Work England

ASYE completion

Community social work experience

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Locality Team at Bromley.

The successful candidate will work with adults aged 18 and over who have a range of care and support needs, including individuals with complex circumstances requiring professional assessment, intervention and care management.

You will play an important role in promoting independence, wellbeing and safeguarding through a strengths-based, person-centred approach.

Working collaboratively with individuals, families, carers, healthcare professionals and partner agencies, you will help ensure adults receive appropriate support to remain safe, independent and in control of their lives.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Undertake strengths-based Care Act 2014 assessments of adults and carers.
• Identify eligible care needs, individual strengths, risks and desired outcomes.
• Develop, implement and review personalised care and support plans.
• Manage a varied caseload, including complex cases.
• Undertake safeguarding assessments and enquiries involving adults at risk.
• Apply Making Safeguarding Personal principles.
• Undertake risk assessments and promote independence and wellbeing.
• Support carers and assess their individual needs.
• Manage personal budgets and identify appropriate support services.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, families and community organisations.
• Maintain accurate assessments, case records and professional reports.
• Ensure all practice complies with statutory legislation and professional standards.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Relevant experience working within statutory Adult Social Care.
• Experience undertaking community-based social work assessments.
• Strong knowledge of Care Act assessments and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience managing complex cases and assessing risk.
• Ability to develop and review person-centred care and support plans.
• Knowledge of personal budgets and support planning.
• Excellent communication, report-writing and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload and work independently.
• Strong partnership-working and multidisciplinary team experience.

Essential Qualifications:

• Recognised Social Work qualification: Social Work Degree, CQSW, CSS or DipSW.
• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Evidence of ASYE completion for social workers qualified from 2012 onwards.
• Relevant community social work experience.

Legislation knowledge required:

• Care Act 2014.
• Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Human Rights Act 1998.
• Adult safeguarding legislation and procedures.
• 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.