Social Worker - Hospital Discharge

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Hospital Social Worker to join our client's busy Hospital Discharge Team in Bury. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner with previous hospital social work experience to support adults with complex needs and play a key role in facilitating safe, effective, and timely hospital discharges. What will your responsibilities be? Manage a hospital-based social work caseload. Complete assessments and support planning to facilitate safe discharges. Work closely with NHS professionals, patients, families, and partner agencies. Coordinate care packages and community support to prevent delayed discharges. Undertake safeguarding responsibilities and risk assessments where required. Maintain accurate and timely case records. Provide cross-site cover across multiple hospital locations as required. Participate in weekend working on a rota basis. Qualifications & Experience: To be successful in this role you must have, Qualified Social Worker (BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent). Registered with Social Work England. Previous hospital social work experience is essential. Experience supporting hospital discharge planning. Strong assessment, communication, and multi-agency working skills. Ability to work flexibly across hospital sites and weekends. Compliance Requirements: Minimum of 3 years' references. Full employment history with any gaps explained. Relevant qualifications in line with the role requirements. 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. BH - 201618 GH - 35836