Social Worker – Adults Community

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker – Adults Community for its client’s Adult Community Team based in London Borough of Newham.

As a Social Worker in the Adult Community Team, you will manage a varied caseload of adults with a range of social care needs. Working closely with individuals, families, health professionals, and community partners, you will promote independence, wellbeing, and informed choice while ensuring statutory responsibilities are met. You will play a key role in supporting vulnerable adults, undertaking assessments, coordinating care, and safeguarding those at risk.

Benefits

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Ongoing training, CPD, and career development opportunities

Supportive management and collaborative team environment

Key Responsibilities

Manage a caseload of adults with varying levels of need, including complex cases depending on experience

Complete Care Act assessments, reviews, and reassessments

Develop and review person-centred support plans that promote independence and wellbeing

Undertake safeguarding enquiries and manage risk effectively

Complete Mental Capacity Assessments and apply the Mental Capacity Act where appropriate

Support hospital discharges and work proactively to prevent unnecessary admissions

Work collaboratively with health services, housing providers, voluntary organisations, and other partner agencies

Provide information, advice, and guidance to adults and their carers

Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality case records

Contribute to service development and continuous improvement initiatives

Support and supervise less experienced colleagues where appropriate

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

A recognised Social Work qualification

Current Social Work England (SWE) registration

Experience undertaking assessments, reviews, and safeguarding interventions within adult social care

Good knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation

Strong multi-agency partnership working skills

Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving abilities

A compassionate, proactive, and person-centred approach to practice

A commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for adults and their families

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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