Our client based in West Northamptonshire is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Rural South and East Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to support adults with complex care and support needs through strengths-based, person-centred social work practice.

The successful candidate will work closely with adults, carers, families, health professionals, housing services, voluntary organisations, and partner agencies to promote independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes. Using an asset-based approach, you will undertake assessments, care planning, safeguarding interventions, and reviews whilst supporting people to remain connected to their communities and achieve the outcomes that matter most to them.

This role requires a confident Social Worker who can manage complex cases, lead safeguarding enquiries, support less experienced colleagues, and apply professional judgement in challenging situations whilst balancing risk, choice, and independence.

Key Responsibilities

Core duties include:

• Managing and prioritising a complex caseload involving adults with diverse care and support needs, ensuring timely and effective interventions.
• Undertaking strengths-based and person-centred assessments to identify needs, outcomes, risks, and available community resources.
• Developing, implementing, and reviewing Care and Support Plans that promote independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes.
• Responding effectively to crisis situations and participating in duty functions as required.
• Leading Section 42 safeguarding enquiries in accordance with Adult Safeguarding procedures and the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal.
• Making threshold decisions regarding safeguarding concerns and implementing appropriate safeguarding interventions.
• Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and facilitating Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Assessing and managing risk appropriately whilst promoting positive risk-taking and individual choice.
• Working collaboratively with adults, carers, families, health services, housing providers, police, and voluntary sector organisations.
• Preparing professional reports, court documentation, assessments, and evidence for legal proceedings where required.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant records using the council's case management and IT systems.
• Providing mentoring, guidance, and practice support to less experienced colleagues within the team.
• Promoting community-based solutions and supporting individuals to access local services, informal networks, and preventative support.
• Supporting market development and identifying creative, cost-effective support options that achieve positive outcomes whilst keeping people safe.
• Participating in multidisciplinary meetings, safeguarding meetings, case conferences, and service development initiatives.
• Making defensible decisions, providing clear professional rationale, and taking accountability for social work practice and outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience

• 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 services.
• Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983, Human Rights legislation, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated statutory guidance.
• Assessment Skills: Proven ability to undertake complex assessments, reviews, support planning, and risk management interventions.
• Safeguarding Experience: Experience leading safeguarding enquiries, making threshold decisions, and managing complex safeguarding concerns.
• Court Experience: Experience preparing reports and participating in court proceedings is desirable.
• Multi-Agency Working: Strong experience working collaboratively with health services, housing providers, police, voluntary sector organisations, carers, families, and partner agencies.
• Practice Leadership: Experience supporting, mentoring, and developing less experienced colleagues.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication, report-writing, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• IT Skills: Competent in Microsoft 365 applications and electronic case management systems.
• Professional Practice: Commitment to strengths-based, person-centred, anti-discriminatory practice and continuous professional development.
• Driving Licence: Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is desirable due to the community-based nature of the role.

Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity.

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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