Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Hospital Discharge Team at Shropshire.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to support adults with complex care and support needs through safe, timely, and person-centred discharge planning from acute hospital settings.

The successful candidate will work within a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment, supporting individuals and their carers through periods of transition whilst promoting independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes. You will work closely with health professionals, families, care providers, and community services to ensure people receive the right support at the right time and can safely return to the most appropriate setting following hospital admission.

This role requires a confident Social Worker with strong assessment skills, knowledge of Adult Social Care legislation, and experience of working within hospital discharge pathways.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Undertaking Care Act 2014 Assessments to identify eligible care and support needs and inform discharge planning.
• Supporting safe and timely hospital discharges for adults with complex health and social care needs.
• Completing Mental Capacity Assessments and facilitating Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Arranging Pathway 3 placements and longer-term care arrangements where ongoing support and residential care are required.
• Working collaboratively with individuals, carers, families, health professionals, and partner agencies to coordinate effective discharge plans.
• Responding to referrals, undertaking assessments, and prioritising urgent discharge activity within a busy hospital environment.
• Developing person-centred Care and Support Plans that promote independence, recovery, and positive outcomes.
• Assessing and managing risk appropriately to ensure safe discharge arrangements are in place.
• Coordinating community-based services, care packages, equipment, and support arrangements to facilitate successful discharge outcomes.
• Promoting strengths-based practice and supporting individuals to maximise independence and wellbeing following discharge.
• Participating in multidisciplinary meetings, discharge planning discussions, and case reviews.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant assessments, reports, case records, and support plans.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Professional Qualification: MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification.
• Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience: Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care or hospital-based social work services.
• Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated statutory guidance.
• Hospital Experience: Experience supporting adults through hospital discharge pathways and coordinating care arrangements.
• Assessment Skills: Proven ability to undertake Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, risk assessments, and support planning.
• Discharge Planning: Experience arranging care packages, placements, and community support to facilitate safe discharge from hospital.
• Multi-Agency Working: Experience working collaboratively with NHS professionals, community services, care providers, carers, and partner agencies.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication, negotiation, report-writing, and decision-making skills.
• Professional Practice: Commitment to strengths-based, person-centred practice and continuous professional development.

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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