Job Title: Social Worker - Access and Duty
Location: Hackney
Pay Rate: £32 per hour (depending on experience) 

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Access and Duty team based in Hackney.

In this role, you will act as the first point of contact for adult social care services, providing timely and proportionate responses to referrals, crisis situations, and safeguarding concerns. The role involves initial assessments, short-term interventions and signposting to appropriate services, ensuring compliance with statutory duties under the Care Act 2014 and safeguarding frameworks.

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Undertake initial assessments of need and risk, including safeguarding enquiries.
• Provide short-term interventions and crisis management to stabilise situations.
• Complete Care Act assessments and determine eligibility for services.
• Develop proportionate support plans and agree outcomes with individuals and carers.
• Identify and respond promptly to safeguarding concerns, initiating enquiries in line with local procedures.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and contribute to joint decision-making.
• Maintain accurate, timely case records in line with legislation and organisational standards

Benefits:  

• Make a Difference: Help change the lives of adults
• Great Team: Work with a supportive and collaborative crew. 

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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