Locum Adult Social Worker, Forensic Learning Disability / Mental Health Social Work Team

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult's Social Worker to join its client’s Forensic Learning Disability / Mental Health team, based in Middlesbrough. **What will your responsibilities be?** - Managed a complex caseload of adults with learning disabilities, mental health needs and offending histories, undertaking Care Act assessments, support planning and risk management to promote positive outcomes and independence. - Completed Mental Capacity Assessments, Best Interest decisions and Section 117 aftercare reviews, supporting safe discharge and transition from secure hospitals and inpatient settings into the community. - Worked collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, liaising with psychology, psychiatry, nursing and criminal justice professionals to safeguard vulnerable adults, manage risk and deliver person-centred interventions. **Benefits:** - Hybrid Work - Supportive and Friendly Team - Initial 3 month contract **Qualifications and 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 Work **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 -**202181 **GH -** 36152