Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Older Adults Community Mental Health Team at Southeast London. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team delivering an integrated service alongside NHS colleagues. Supporting older adults with mental health needs, you will play a key role in assessment, care planning, safeguarding, discharge planning, and ongoing intervention to promote independence and positive outcomes. The team offers a supportive environment with supervision provided by experienced Social Work professionals, making it an ideal opportunity for practitioners looking to further develop their mental health expertise within a collaborative setting. What will your responsibilities be? - Manage a caseload, providing ongoing monitoring, support, and intervention. - Complete initial assessments of need in line with Care Act duties. - Develop care plans, undertake risk assessments, and complete Mental Capacity Assessments. - Carry out carers' assessments and provide support to informal carers. - Coordinate hospital discharge planning and present cases to funding panels (PRG) where required. - Review care packages, placements, and funded support services. - Act as an Enquiry Officer for Adult Safeguarding concerns and investigations. - Participate in the duty rota and respond to urgent referrals and enquiries. - Work closely with NHS colleagues and wider partner agencies to deliver joined-up care Qualifications & Experience: To be successful in this role you must have, - Must be registered with Social Work England. - Eligible to work in the UK - Hold a full UK driving licence - Post-qualified experience - MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification. 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. BH - 203565 GH - 36648

Social Worker - Older Adults Community Mental Health

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