Qualified Social Worker – Adults Mental Health
Location: Cheshire
£30 per hour (Agency)
Contract Type: Locum | Hybrid Working Available
Are you a Qualified Social Worker with a strong background in adult mental health and hospital discharge? We’re looking for experienced and motivated practitioners to join a Mental Health & Hospital Discharge Team in Cheshire, supporting adults to live safely, independently, and with dignity. You’ll be working across community and hospital settings, ensuring that people receive timely, strengths-based support tailored to their needs. This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking local authority that values partnership working, early intervention, and person-centred outcomes.
What You’ll Be Doing:
1. Completing Care Act assessments to support safe and timely hospital discharges
2. Carrying out mental capacity assessments and contributing to best interest decisions
3. Managing a caseload including safeguarding enquiries, complex care planning, and reviews
4. Liaising with hospitals, community services, families, and other professionals
5. Ensuring service users receive holistic, appropriate, and empowering support
Who We’re Looking For:
6. Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
7. Proven experience in Adult Social Care, ideally in mental health or hospital discharge teams
8. Strong working knowledge of:Care Act 2014Mental Capacity Act 2005Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended)Human Rights Act and safeguarding legislation
9. Skilled in multidisciplinary working and confident managing complex cases
10. Committed to strengths-based practice, inclusion, and independence
What You’ll Need:
11. A recognised social work qualification (DipSW, CQSW, BA, MA in Social Work)
12. Excellent communication and decision-making skills
13. A flexible, proactive approach and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
Why Join Through Pertemps?
14. A dedicated recruitment consultant with access to exclusive roles nationwide
15. Streamlined online registration and onboarding
16. Prompt, weekly payroll you can rely on
17. Ongoing compliance and administrative support
18. Generous referral bonuses for recommendations
Commutable from: Manchester, Warrington, Stockport, Wigan, Macclesfield, Trafford, Altrincham, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and surrounding areas.
Not quite what you're looking for? We also recruit for a wide range of roles across both Adult and Children’s Social Care – including:
19. AMHP
20. Mental Health
21. Hospital Discharge
22. Safeguarding
23. Court
24. MASH
25. Team Manager / Service Manager roles and more.
Refer a colleague and earn a bonus if they’re successfully placed!
Apply today or get in touch to find out more.