Job Title: Social Worker – Learning Disabilities – Cheshire West
Location: Cheshire West (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £35 per hour
About the Role:
Cheshire West Council is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join their dynamic Learning Disabilities Team. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on individuals with learning disabilities by providing tailored support and advocacy.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will assess the needs of adults with learning disabilities and create tailored support plans to promote their well-being and independence. You will build effective working relationships with service users, families, and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver integrated services. Undertaking mental capacity assessments and ensuring adherence to the principles of the Mental Capacity Act will be essential. You will safeguard vulnerable adults by identifying risks and taking appropriate action, following statutory guidelines. Additionally, you will work collaboratively with health, education, and housing services to facilitate effective care packages. Maintaining accurate, timely records and ensuring compliance with council policies and statutory requirements, as well as engaging in reflective supervision and ongoing professional development to uphold high standards of social work practice, will be key aspects of your role.
Benefits:
* Three days in the office per week
* Free parking a short walk from the office
* Higher pay rate than authorities in Greater Manchester
Essential Requirements:
* Social Work England registration
* Eligibility to work in the UK
* Full UK driving license
* Post-qualified experience
* Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
* New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
* Twice weekly payroll
* Free DBS and compliance service
* 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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