About the role
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join the South Community Team within Adult Social Care on a 3‑month contract with South Gloucestershire.
This is a key frontline position within a locality Adult Social Care team. You will undertake social work assessments, provide advice and guidance, and support individuals to achieve positive outcomes.
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating closely with colleagues across health, social care, and the voluntary sector to ensure effective communication and the delivery of best practice.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Undertake assessments of need and develop person-centred care plans
- Review and monitor care plans, responding proactively to changes in needs
- Support and evaluate reablement programmes to promote independence
- Manage your own caseload, ensuring timely and effective interventions
- Carry out risk assessments and safeguarding work, including self-neglect cases
- Work in partnership with external agencies to coordinate support and services
- Promote awareness of care issues and ensure safe, effective practice
Benefits
- Hybrid working, with 2 to 3 days per week office-based
- Community visits required, including home visits
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, or alternative suitable travel arrangements, is essential
Qualifications & Experience
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Social Work England registration
- Valid DBS
- Strong knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- Experience managing safeguarding cases and self-neglect situations
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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