Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker - Adults Community Team
Location: Knowsley
Working hours: Mon - Fri, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Rate: 32 per hour

The Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is looking for dedicated Social Workers to join our Adult Community Team, offering a pay rate of 32 per hour.

What will your responsibilities be?

As a Social Worker in our Adult Community Team, you will conduct thorough Social Care Needs Assessments to understand and address the needs of adults in the community. You will develop and implement effective support plans, coordinate and manage services to meet individual needs, and assess and manage risks, including attending MARAMS. Your role will involve safeguarding vulnerable adults, applying Mental Capacity Act (MCA) principles to support decision-making, handling legal aspects related to the protection of adults through the Court of Protection (COP), ensuring compliance with Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS), and utilizing the Decision Support Tool (DST) for Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments. You must be willing to work contracted hours within agreed rota patterns, including evenings and weekends as required.

Benefits:

• Competitive Hourly Rate
• Flexible Working
• Reputable Authority

Qualifications and Experiences:

To qualify for this role, you should have an NVQ 2 in Care or the ability to undertake training within a negotiated time scale. You must be able to use equipment as instructed and trained. Proven experience as a social worker in adult community services is essential. Additionally, you must be a car driver to accommodate travel requirements. You should also be aware of issues regarding Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discriminatory practice, ensuring a person-centered approach that treats individuals with dignity, respect, and compassion.

How to apply?

If this is a job for you, feel free to click apply below or if you want to learn more about it, please contact (phone number removed).

Why Liquid Personnel?

• New 'Faster Pay' service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• 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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