Social Worker - Older Adults Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker to join our client’s Older Adults Team based in Merton. In this role, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred social work support to older adults with complex needs. Your focus will be on promoting independence, safeguarding wellbeing, and ensuring full legal compliance under the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation. What will your responsibilities be? Undertake holistic assessments of need, risk, and capacity. Develop and review personalised care and support plans. Carry out Mental Capacity Act assessments and Best Interests decisions. Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns. Promote the rights, dignity, and autonomy of older people. Collaborate with health professionals, housing teams, voluntary organisations, and care providers. Maintain accurate and timely case records. Ensure compliance with statutory duties and local policies. Act as an advocate, ensuring older adults’ voices are heard in decision-making. Benefits: Make a Difference: Help change the lives of adults Great Team: Work with a supportive and collaborative crew. Qualifications & 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. BH - 193839 GH - 32903