Senior Social Worker – Mental Health

Our client based in Shropshire is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join their Mental Health Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled practitioner to support adults with complex mental health needs through strengths-based, person-centred social work practice.

The successful candidate will manage complex cases, coordinate support arrangements, and work closely with service users, carers, health professionals, housing providers, and partner agencies to promote recovery, independence, and positive outcomes. A key focus of the role will be supporting timely hospital discharge, reducing barriers to discharge, and ensuring individuals have access to appropriate services and support within the community.

This role requires an experienced practitioner with strong knowledge of mental health legislation, safeguarding, risk management, and multidisciplinary working. In addition to direct casework, you will provide professional leadership and guidance to colleagues whilst supporting high standards of practice across the team.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

• Manage a complex caseload of adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• Undertake Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, reassessments and support planning to identify eligible needs and achieve positive outcomes.
• Apply the Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Care Act 2014 within day-to-day practice and decision-making.
• Support safe and timely hospital discharge by identifying and addressing barriers to discharge.
• Coordinate and undertake Section 117 aftercare planning and reviews.
• Arrange and coordinate care packages, placements, supported accommodation and community-based support services.
• Undertake Mental Capacity Assessments and facilitate Best Interest decision-making where required.
• Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns and undertake safeguarding enquiries in line with relevant legislation and local procedures.
• Assess and manage complex risks while promoting recovery, independence and positive risk-taking.
• Work collaboratively with Community Mental Health Teams, NHS professionals, housing services, carers, families, statutory services and voluntary organisations.
• Prepare high-quality professional reports, assessments, support plans, court documentation and case records.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, discharge planning meetings, safeguarding discussions and reviews.
• Provide professional advice, guidance, mentoring and support to less experienced practitioners.
• Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant case records and documentation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Social Work Qualification: MA, BA/BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification.
• Registration: Current registration with Social Work England.
• Experience: Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care and Mental Health Services.
• Experience supporting adults with complex mental health needs, including hospital discharge and community-based interventions.
• Strong working knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Section 117 aftercare responsibilities and Adult Safeguarding legislation.
• Proven experience undertaking complex assessments, support planning, Mental Capacity Assessments and risk management interventions.
• Experience undertaking safeguarding enquiries and managing complex safeguarding concerns involving vulnerable adults.
• Strong multi-agency working experience across health, housing, statutory and voluntary services.
• Excellent communication, report-writing, analytical, negotiation and decision-making skills.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or guiding colleagues within Adult Social Care services is desirable.
• Commitment to strengths-based, recovery-focused and person-centred social work 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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