Job Title: Senior Social Worker - Mental Health
If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.
Location: Kensington and Chelsea
Pay Rate: £36 per hour
Job Description:
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Senior Social Worker to join its clients Mental Health Team based in Kensington and Chelsea.
This role is dedicated to supporting vulnerable adults and their carers by assessing needs and coordinating services, with a strong emphasis on prevention, independence, safeguarding, and case management. The successful candidate will also promote Self-Directed Support (SDS) and manage risks, including Childrens Safeguarding where applicable.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will,
Support the day-to-day running of the mental health team, deputising for the Team Manager and acting as Duty Manager on a rota.
Youll help screen new referrals, manage triage and safeguarding.
Youll lead by example in multi-agency meetings, offering a clear social work voice in decision-making.
Youll work closely with community mental health teams, voluntary groups and healthcare partners - building relationships that improve support and keep people safe.
While youll manage a smaller caseload, youll be working on complex cases - from Care Act assessments and safeguarding to court proceedings.
Why Join Us?
Make a Difference: Help change the lives of adults
Great Team: Work with a supportive and collaborative crew. 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 WorkWhy Liquid Personnel?
Free DBS and compliance service
Twice weekly payroll and Faster Pay service, getting you paid more quickly
Access to exclusive roles that arent available from other agencies
Free access to Liquids 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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