Our client based in Stoke is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their Review Team, working with adults with complex needs to ensure care and support arrangements remain appropriate, proportionate, and outcome focused.
This role will focus on complex casework and statutory reviews, including involvement in Section 42 safeguarding enquiries, requiring a confident and skilled practitioner who can manage risk effectively while promoting independence and wellbeing.
Working within a multi-disciplinary environment, you will take a strengths-based approach, carrying out holistic reviews, analysing risk, and ensuring that individuals receive the right level of support in line with current legislation and best practice.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Managing a caseload of adults with complex needs, carrying out statutory reviews of care and support plans.
- Undertaking and contributing to Section 42 safeguarding enquiries, ensuring adults at risk are protected from abuse or neglect.
- Completing detailed, holistic assessments and reviews, balancing risk and independence.
- Analysing information from individuals, families, and partner agencies to inform defensible decision-making.
- Reviewing existing packages of care to ensure they remain appropriate, cost-effective, and outcome-focused.
- Applying a strengths-based approach to promote independence, choice, and control.
- Completing Mental Capacity Assessments and contributing to Best Interests decisions where required.
- Working collaboratively with multi-agency partners to deliver integrated and person-centred outcomes.
- Identifying community resources and support networks to maximise independence and reduce reliance on formal services.
- Managing risk in complex cases, ensuring proportionate and legally sound decisions are made.
- Maintaining accurate, timely, and high-quality case records in line with statutory requirements.
- Participating in multi-disciplinary meetings and contributing to effective care planning and service delivery.
- Supporting continuous improvement and contributing to service development where required
Skills:
- Strong analytical and assessment skills in complex review cases
- Ability to manage a demanding caseload and prioritise effectively
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work confidently within multi-disciplinary teams
- High standard of report writing and case recording
- Strong organisational and decision-making skills
- Ability to balance risk, independence, and safeguarding
- Resilient, proactive, and solution-focused approach
- Ability to challenge appropriately and manage conflict where required
- Commitment to strengths-based and person-centred practice
Benefits:
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)
- Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA)
- Safeguarding Adults legislation (including Section 42)
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Professional Qualification:
• MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, or CQSW
- Registration:
• Must be registered with Social Work England
- Experience:
• Minimum 2 years’ post-qualified experience, including completion of ASYE
• Strong experience within Adult Social Care
• Proven experience managing complex casework
• Experience undertaking Section 42 safeguarding enquiries
• Experience completing:
Care Act assessments and statutory reviews
Mental Capacity Assessments
Risk assessments and support planning
• Experience working within a multi-agency environment
• Experience reviewing and managing care packages
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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