Senior Social Worker - Mental Health
Liquid PersonnelLondon, England, United Kingdom · Posted Aug 29, 2025Description
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Senior Social Worker to join its client’s Mental Health Team based in Kensington and Chelsea.
This role is dedicated to supporting vulnerable adults and their carers by assessing needs and coordinating services, with a strong emphasis on prevention, independence, safeguarding, and case management. The successful candidate will also promote Self-Directed Support (SDS) and manage risks, including Children’s Safeguarding where applicable.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will,
- Support the day-to-day running of the mental health team, deputising for the Team Manager and acting as Duty Manager on a rota.
- You’ll help screen new referrals, manage triage and safeguarding.
- You’ll lead by example in multi-agency meetings, offering a clear social work voice in decision-making.
- You’ll work closely with community mental health teams, voluntary groups and healthcare partners – building relationships that improve support and keep people safe.
- While you’ll manage a smaller caseload, you’ll be working on complex cases – from Care Act assessments and safeguarding to court proceedings.
Why Join Us?
- 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 - 193010
GH - 32530
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