Social Worker - Mental Health (Hiring Immediately)

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Mental Health Team, based in Hounslow.

This role focuses on supporting adults with complex and enduring mental health needs, including individuals presenting with dual diagnosis, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, trauma, personality disorders, and forensic backgrounds. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred interventions while effectively assessing and managing risk. This is an excellent opportunity for a resilient and skilled practitioner who thrives in complex environments and is confident working within statutory frameworks, safeguarding processes, and multi-agency settings.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage a caseload of adults with severe and complex mental health needs, delivering outcome-focused and person-centred interventions
• Undertake Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, and care planning
• Complete robust risk assessments and implement effective risk management strategies in high-risk cases
• Work with individuals presenting with dual diagnosis, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, trauma, personality disorders, and forensic background.
• Operate within key legislative frameworks including the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, and Human Rights Act 1998
• Complete Mental Capacity Assessments and contribute to Best Interests decision-making processes
• Lead and contribute to safeguarding activity, including Section 42 enquiries and Safeguarding Adults procedures
• Undertake Court of Protection work, including report writing and attendance
• Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams including health, housing, and partner agencies
• Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality case records and reports
• Demonstrate professional curiosity, sound judgement, and evidence-based decision-making

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.

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