Senior Practitioner - Young Adults Transitions Service

Liquid PersonnelBristolJob.bopublished 10/16/2026
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About the company

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Senior Practitioner for its client's Young Adults Transitions Service Team at Bristol.

Your tasks

We're recruiting a Senior Practitioner to join Bristol's Young Adults Transitions Service, supporting young people aged 14-25 with additional needs as they move into adulthood.

This is a key role within the leadership team, providing guidance and supervision to Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Social Care Practitioners and OT Aides, while helping to shape and develop the service.

  • Completing complex Care Act Assessments and reviews
  • Supporting young adults to maximise independence
  • Managing a small caseload of complex cases
  • Providing day-to-day support and consultation to practitioners
  • Supervising and developing staff across the team
  • Leading on safeguarding practice and decision-making
  • Working closely with partner agencies and community organisations

Requirements

To be successful in this role you must have,

  • Social Work England registration
  • Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act
  • Experience within Adult Social Care and safeguarding
  • Previous supervisory or leadership experience
  • Confident managing complex cases and competing priorities

What we offer

  • Minimum 2 office days per week, typically 3 due to duty responsibilities
  • Hybrid working available
  • Occasional out-of-county visits required
  • 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 *

How to apply

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.

Other

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.

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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