Social Worker - Mental Health

Liquid Personnel Limited.; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS and compliance service

Faster Pay

Exclusive roles access

CPD portal access

Dedicated consultant

Wide range of roles across the UK

Refer a Friend £500

Find your own job £250

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker for its Mental Health team in Camden. You will assess needs, manage risk, and promote recovery within statutory frameworks, working in a multi-disciplinary setting to support adults with mental health challenges.

The role involves safeguarding, care planning, discharge planning, and maintaining records in systems like Liquid Logic and Mosaic. UK-based eligibility, Social Work England registration, and driving licence are required.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Care Act 2014 assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, and Best Interest decisions.
• Support individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions, including CPA.
• Work with CMHTs, psychiatrists, GPs, and other professionals to deliver integrated care.
• Respond to safeguarding concerns and contribute to Section 42 enquiries.
• Develop and review care and support plans to promote recovery and autonomy.
• Support hospital discharge planning and prevent unnecessary admissions through early intervention.
• Maintain accurate case records using Liquid Logic / Mosaic.
• Advocate for service users and ensure their voices are heard.
• Participate in multi-agency meetings, tribunals and Mental Health Act processes.

Education

Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Post-qualified experience

Job description

Job Title: Social Worker - Mental Health Section/Team: Mental Health Team
Pay Rate: £34.45 per hour
Location: Camden

Job Description

Liquid Personnel is looking for an experienced Adult Social Worker for its client’s Mental Health team based in Camden. The role involves providing high-quality, person-centred social work to adults experiencing mental health challenges. You will work within statutory frameworks to assess needs, manage risk, and promote recovery and independence through collaborative, multi-disciplinary approaches.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Undertake Care Act 2014 assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, and Best Interest decisions.
• Support individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions, including those under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Work in partnership with Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), psychiatrists, GPs, and other professionals to deliver integrated care.
• Respond to safeguarding concerns and contribute to Section 42 enquiries where mental health is a factor.
• Develop and review care and support plans that promote recovery, autonomy, and social inclusion.
• Support hospital discharge planning and prevent unnecessary admissions through early intervention.
• Maintain accurate and timely case records using the council’s case management system (e.g., Liquid Logic, Mosaic).
• Advocate for service users, ensuring their rights are upheld and their voices heard.
• Participate in multi-agency meetings, tribunals, and Mental Health Act processes as appropriate.
• Promote a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach to practice.

Benefits

• Make a Difference:Help change the lives of adults
• Great Team:Work with a supportive and collaborative crew.

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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