Experienced Adults Social Worker

Our client in Devon is seeking an experienced Adults Social Worker to join its Adults Services team based at Bideford Community Hospital. You will work within a strengths-based, person-centred service, supporting adults to maximise independence, wellbeing, and choice while delivering high-quality social care interventions.

This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with health partners, voluntary organisations, and multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive outcomes for adults across the community.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete Care Act assessments, reviews, and care and support planning.
• Undertake complex assessments and contribute to Continuing Healthcare (CHC) processes.
• Apply the Mental Capacity Act, including capacity assessments and Best Interest decision-making.
• Identify and promote enablement and reablement opportunities.
• Lead and complete safeguarding enquiries, including complex safeguarding investigations.
• Work effectively alongside health professionals and partner agencies.
• Undertake Court of Protection work and community deprivation of liberty applications where required.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and reflective case records.
• Contribute to service development and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Social Work England registration.
• Previous experience within Adult Social Care.
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, and safeguarding legislation.
• Experience completing assessments, reviews, care planning, and risk assessments.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload and work autonomously.
• Excellent communication and partnership-working skills.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Essential Compliance Requirement: Candidates must hold a valid Enhanced DBS with both Adults' and Children's Barred List checks.

Working Arrangements

• Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Minimum of 3 days per week office attendance required..

Interested? Apply now or get in touch to learn more about these opportunities.

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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