Our client based in Flintshire is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their Locality Team. This is a key practitioner role reporting into the Team Manager, requiring a confident and autonomous social worker with the ability to manage complex cases and make sound professional judgements in high-risk situations.
The successful candidate will be responsible for working with adults and their families, undertaking statutory duties, safeguarding vulnerable individuals, and delivering high-quality, outcome-focused interventions that promote independence and wellbeing.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Undertaking a range of community care and safeguarding assessments in line with statutory requirements.
- Identifying risks, needs, and appropriate interventions for adults and their families/carers.
- Managing a complex and varied caseload independently, including high-risk and sensitive cases.
- Developing and implementing outcome-focused, person-centred care plans.
- Commissioning cost-effective care packages that minimise risk and improve quality of life.
- Monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating care plans to ensure they remain effective and responsive to changing needs.
- Safeguarding vulnerable adults and making decisions regarding compulsory interventions where necessary.
- Working in partnership with individuals, families, carers, and communities to support informed decision-making.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships, providing guidance, support, and conflict resolution where required.
- Collaborating with internal teams, health professionals, and external agencies to support holistic care planning.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date case records and producing high-quality reports, including court documentation where required.
- Acting as an advocate for service users and carers across health and social care systems.
- Supporting the development of others, including supervising students or less experienced staff where required.
Qualifications and Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have;
- Professional Qualification: CQSW, CSS, DipSW, BA, BSc or MA in Social Work.
- Registration: Must be registered with Social Care Wales (or eligible).
Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care.
- Proven experience assessing and managing risk and delivering outcome-focused care plans.
- Experience working with adults, particularly older people, and their families/carers.
- Demonstrable experience managing complex caseloads independently.
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertaking related enquiries.
Knowledge:
- Strong understanding of legislation relating to Adult Social Care.
- Knowledge of safeguarding frameworks and risk management processes.
- Understanding of multi-agency working and integrated service delivery.
Skills:
- Ability to work independently and use initiative in complex situations.
- Strong analytical, assessment, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to produce clear, concise, and high-quality written reports.
- Strong organisational and time management abilities.
Core Competencies:
- Customer-focused approach, delivering high-quality services.
- Strong teamwork and partnership working skills.
- Effective communication and information sharing.
- Ability to adapt to change and improve service delivery.
- Self-motivated with the ability to manage workload and performance effectively.
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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