At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage complex caseloads and provide leadership in adult mental health support.
- Company: Join a dynamic team dedicated to improving mental health outcomes.
- Benefits: Free DBS, quick pay, exclusive training, and a supportive consultant.
- Other info: Opportunities for mentoring and professional growth in a collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Must be a registered social worker with 2+ years of experience.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Our client is currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Social Worker to join an Adult Mental Health Team in Dudley.
This role is ideal for a confident practitioner who can manage complex caseloads while providing leadership, supervision and expert guidance within the team.
You will work with adults and carers from a person-centred, strengths-based perspective, supporting individuals with mental health needs to achieve positive outcomes, independence and improved wellbeing.
The role requires strong knowledge of mental health legislation, safeguarding, and the ability to make sound professional decisions in complex and high-risk situations.
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Managing acomplex caseloadof adults with mental health needs, including high-risk situations
- Undertakingcomprehensive assessments, care planning and reviews in line with Care Act responsibilities
- Leading and contributing tosafeguarding enquiries, applying Making Safeguarding Personal principles
- Acting as asenior practitioner, providing professional leadership, modelling good practice and supporting team development
- Supporting, mentoring and supervisingjunior staff, ASYE social workers and students
- Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessmentsand working within MCA and (where applicable) the Mental Health Act
- Developing and coordinatingstrengths-based support plans, including direct payments and personal budgets
- Chairing and facilitatingmulti-agency meetings, reviews and planning sessions
- Working collaboratively withhealth partners, community services and other stakeholdersto deliver integrated care
- Promotingindependence, recovery and social inclusionfor people with mental health needs
- Maintainingaccurate, timely and high-quality case records and reports
- Deputising for the Assistant Team Manager/Team Managerwhen required
- Supporting service development, continuous improvement and reflective practice
Qualifications & Experience
- Professional Qualification: MA, BA or 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 (ASYE completed)
- Strong background within Adult Social Care and Mental Health Services
- Experience managingcomplex cases involving risk and safeguarding
- Experience ofsupervising or mentoring staffis highly desirable
- Ability to work autonomously and make informed decisions in challenging situations
- Experience working withinmulti-agency environments
- Evidence ofcontinuing professional development
- Legislation Knowledge
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)
- Mental Health Act (MHA)
- Human Rights Act
- Adult Safeguarding frameworks and procedures
Skills
- Advanced knowledge ofmental health practice and safeguarding
- Strongassessment, analytical and decision-making skills
- Ability tolead, mentor and develop colleagues
- Excellentcommunication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively inhigh-pressure environments
- Strong organisational skills with the ability toprioritise complex workloads
- High standard ofreport writing and case recording
- Commitment toperson-centred, strengths-based practice
- Ability toapply legislation confidently in practice
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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Senior Social Worker – Mental Health in Dudley employer: Liquidpersonnel
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