About the role
Our client based in Devon is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Adult Social Worker to support services across Exeter and the surrounding areas. This role requires a confident practitioner with strong legal literacy, excellent community engagement skills, and the ability to work autonomously while contributing to a supportive multidisciplinary team within adult social care.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertaking statutory assessments including Care Act assessments, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments, Best Interest decisions, and Community DoLS work.
- Developing strengths-based, person-centred care and support plans focused on promoting independence and preventing escalation of needs.
- Managing safeguarding adults cases, including identifying risks, undertaking enquiries, and coordinating protective interventions with partner agencies.
- Managing a varied community-based caseload, supporting adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health needs, and older adults with complex care requirements.
- Working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams including health professionals, housing services, voluntary organisations, and care providers.
- Engaging with the community by signposting and connecting individuals to local services and support networks to improve wellbeing and independence.
Qualifications & Experience
- Professional Qualification: MA, BA, or BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, or CQSW.
- Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England.
- Experience: Minimum 5 years post-qualified experience and completion of ASYE.
- Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, safeguarding frameworks, Best Interest decisions, and Community DoLS.
- Skills: Excellent assessment, analytical, and communication skills with strong partnership-working ability.
- Driving Licence: Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle required due to the community-based nature of the role.
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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