Social Worker - Adult Community Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Adult Community Team at Manchester

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage a caseload of adults with a range of care and support needs, promoting independence, wellbeing and choice.

• Undertake comprehensive strengths-based assessments of individuals’ care, support and social needs.

• Complete Care Act assessments and reviews, determining eligibility and identifying appropriate support arrangements.

• Develop, implement and review person-centred care and support plans in partnership with individuals, their families and carers.

• Work collaboratively with individuals to identify their strengths, goals, networks and community resources.

• Promote independence, prevention, recovery and least restrictive approaches wherever possible.

• Assess and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns, working in accordance with local safeguarding procedures and statutory responsibilities.

• Undertake risk assessments and develop proportionate risk management plans in partnership with individuals and relevant professionals.

• Support individuals to access appropriate services, resources, benefits, housing, employment, community activities and other sources of support.

• Work collaboratively with health professionals, voluntary and community organisations, housing providers and other partner agencies to coordinate effective support.

• Provide advice, information, advocacy and signposting to individuals, families and carers.

• Work alongside carers to identify their needs and ensure their contribution is appropriately recognised within assessment and support planning.

• Facilitate and coordinate multi-agency meetings, reviews and professional discussions where required.

• Support individuals through changes in circumstances, including hospital discharge, transitions between services and changes in care arrangements.

• Apply relevant legislation, policies and professional standards, including the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act and safeguarding legislation.

• Promote equality, diversity, inclusion, dignity and respect in all aspects of practice.

• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and timely case records in accordance with organisational and professional requirements.

• Manage workload effectively, prioritising cases according to need, risk and urgency.

• Work within professional boundaries while developing positive, respectful and effective relationships with individuals, families and partner agencies.

• Participate in supervision, reflective practice, team meetings, training and continuing professional development.

• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing development of effective social work practice within the community team.

Benefits:

• Generic role, covering a broad range of service users

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements

• Council services rates as "good" by CQC

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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