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Qualified Social Worker - Learning Disabilities
Newport
Source: Liquid Personnel careers · View original posting
Employer job description
From Liquid Personnel's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join its client’s Learning Disabilities Team based at the Civic Centre in Newport. This is an excellent opportunity to work with adults with learning disabilities, delivering high-quality, person-centred support and helping individuals achieve positive outcomes through strengths-based practice.
Benefits
- £38 per hour
- Flexible locum opportunity
- Supportive team environment
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Adult Services
- What will your responsibilities be?
- As a Social Worker within the Learning Disabilities Team, you will undertake assessments and reviews for adults with learning disabilities, managing a varied caseload while delivering strengths-based, person-centred interventions. You will work collaboratively with service users, carers, health professionals, and partner agencies to promote independence and achieve positive outcomes.
- You will support individuals across front door services, community teams, and hospital discharge pathways, ensuring that care and support plans are tailored to meet individual needs. You will also assess and manage complex risks, contribute to safeguarding processes, and work within relevant legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- Maintaining accurate records and reports, you will play a key role in ensuring high standards of practice while effectively managing competing demands within a busy service.
Qualifications and Experience
- To be successful in this role, you must have: Qualified Social Worker status
- Social Care Wales registration
- Experience assessing and reviewing adults with learning disabilities
- Strong understanding of strengths-based and person-centred practice
- Experience working within front door, community, or hospital discharge services
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and adult safeguarding legislation
- Experience managing complex cases and risk
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities
- Experience using Microsoft Office and electronic recording systems
- Understanding of confidentiality and professional standards
- Commitment to continuous professional development
- A genuine passion for achieving positive outcomes for individuals and carers
- Interested?
- For more information or to apply, please contact Liquid Personnel today.
- 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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