Social Worker – Mental Health and Reablement 

Our client based in Leicestershire is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Mental Health and Reablement Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to support adults with mental health needs to maximise their independence, wellbeing, and recovery through strengths-based and person-centred social work practice.

The successful candidate will work with adults experiencing a range of mental health needs, supporting individuals through assessment, reablement, recovery-focused interventions, safeguarding, and care planning. Working closely with health professionals, community services, carers, families, and partner agencies, you will play a key role in promoting independence, reducing reliance on long-term services, and supporting individuals to remain safe and well within their communities.

This role requires a confident Social Worker with strong assessment skills, experience of Adult Mental Health practice, and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary environment.

Key Responsibilities

Core duties include:

• Managing a caseload of adults with mental health needs requiring assessment, intervention, reablement, and ongoing support.
• Undertaking Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, reassessments, and support planning to identify eligible needs and achieve positive outcomes.
• Developing, implementing, and reviewing person-centred Care and Support Plans that promote recovery, independence, and wellbeing.
• Supporting adults through reablement pathways, helping them regain skills, confidence, and independence.
• Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and facilitating Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Undertaking safeguarding enquiries and responding appropriately to concerns relating to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect.
• Assessing and managing risk effectively, balancing individual choice, safety, wellbeing, and positive risk-taking.
• Working collaboratively with Community Mental Health Teams, health professionals, housing providers, carers, families, community organisations, and partner agencies.
• Supporting hospital discharge and community-based interventions where required.
• Promoting social inclusion, recovery, resilience, and access to community resources that support long-term wellbeing.
• Providing advice, guidance, and practical support to individuals and carers throughout their social care journey.
• Participating in multidisciplinary meetings, safeguarding discussions, case reviews, and professional forums.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant records, assessments, reports, and support plans.

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 or Adult Mental Health Services.
• Mental Health Experience: Experience supporting adults with mental health needs, recovery planning, and community-based interventions.
• Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated statutory guidance.
• Assessment Skills: Proven ability to undertake strengths-based assessments, reviews, support planning, and risk management interventions.
• Reablement Knowledge: Understanding of reablement principles and experience supporting individuals to maximise independence and reduce dependency on services.
• Safeguarding Experience: Experience undertaking safeguarding enquiries and managing complex safeguarding concerns.
• Multi-Agency Working: Strong experience working collaboratively with health professionals, community services, carers, families, housing providers, and partner agencies.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication, report-writing, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Professional Practice: Commitment to strengths-based, person-centred, recovery-focused practice and continuous professional development.

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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