Social Worker – Care Assessment and Triage
Liquid PersonnelDerbyshire, United Kingdom · Posted 2 months agoDescription
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker to join their Adult Care Assessment and Triage Team.
This frontline role focuses on triage and assessment at the “front door” of Adult Social Care, supporting adults with a wide range of needs, disabilities, and circumstances. You will complete strengths-based, person-centred assessments within short timescales, often working with varied and sometimes complex or unusual casework.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Undertaking timely triage and assessment of Adult Social Care referrals at the front door service.
- Managing a varied caseload, responding promptly to individuals with a wide range of needs, disabilities, and presenting circumstances.
- Carrying out strengths-based, person-centred assessments using remote communication tools (telephone, online platforms).
- Applying Care Act 2014 principles to determine eligibility and appropriate outcomes.
- Providing early intervention, advice, guidance, and signposting to appropriate services.
- Supporting quick and effective outcomes through proportionate assessments and decision-making.
- Identifying safeguarding concerns and contributing to safeguarding processes, ensuring Making Safeguarding Personal principles are applied.
- Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments where required and contributing to Best Interests decisions.
- Working within key legislative frameworks including:
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)
- Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA)
- Collaborating closely with multi-disciplinary teams, including health professionals, internal services, and partner agencies.
- Working autonomously while maintaining strong communication within the wider team.
- Maintaining accurate, timely, and high-quality records in line with statutory requirements.
- Demonstrating professional curiosity, sound judgement, and a proactive, solution-focused approach.
Qualifications and Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have;
Professional Qualification:
- MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, or CQSW
Registration:
- Must be registered with Social Work England
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years’ post-qualified experience, including completion of ASYE
- Strong background within Adult Social Care
- Experience in assessment, triage, or frontline duty work is highly desirable
- Experience in strengths-based practice and person-centred approaches
- Experience undertaking Care Act assessments and applying eligibility criteria
- Experience in safeguarding and multi-agency working
- Experience supporting individuals through early intervention and signposting
Legislation Knowledge:
Strong working knowledge of:
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)
- Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA)
- Safeguarding Adults legislation, including Making Safeguarding Personal
Other Requirements:
- Full UK driving licence and access to a car is desirable
Skills:
- Strong assessment and analytical skills in fast-paced environments
- Ability to manage varied caseloads with a focus on timely outcomes
- Excellent communication skills, particularly for remote assessment work
- Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within a team
- Confidence in decision-making and prioritisation under pressure
- High standard of report writing and case recording
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing demands
- Resilience and adaptability when working with diverse and complex cases
- Proactive, positive, and “can-do” attitude
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 - 199383
GH - 35364
Similar jobs
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client based in Derby is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Adult Social Care Community Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to support adults with care and support need…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client, based in Derbyshire, is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their Prevention and Personalisation Team. This role focuses on early intervention, strengths-based practice, and promoting independe…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client based in Devon, is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their county-wide Specialist Placement Team. This specialist role involves working with adults aged 18 and over who are placed out of count…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker an experienced Adult Social Worker to join its client's Adult Social Care Locality Team at Derby. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and skilled practitioner to…
Est. 35,900 GBP
Our client based in Central Bedfordshire is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Adult Social Care Reviewing Team on a project basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner to focus on…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experience Social Worker to join our client's Intermediate Care Services Team. This role involves reviewing and assessing a backlog of cases, completing standard assessments, and ensurin…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client based in North Somerset is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Adult Services Community Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner to work with adults, carers, and familie…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Referral and Assessment Team at Derbyshire. What will your responsibilities be? Receive and screen referrals from professionals, families, or the public. Cond…
Est. 40,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced and committed Senior Social Worker to join their Adults Access Team in Dudley. This is a fast-paced frontline service that acts as the first point of contact for adult social ca…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client based in Devon is looking for an experienced and high skilled Adult Social Worker to support out locality teams in West Devon. This role requires a confident practitioner with strong legal literacy, proven lea…
Est. 45,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult’s Social Worker to join its client’s Community team, based in Dudley. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled practitioner to provide professional leadership and deli…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Mental Health team, based in Oldham. What will your responsibilities be? Mental Health Assessment — Complete holistic social care and mental heal…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join our client's Safeguarding Early Response Team (SERT).This role sits at the front end of Adult Social Care, working with adults who may be at risk of abuse,…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Discharge to Assess team, based in Bristol. What will your responsibilities be? To carry out the statutory duties and responsibilities of Bristol…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Generic team, based in Trafford. What will your responsibilities be? Complete strength‑based assessments for adults under the Care Act 2014, focu…
Est. 77,320 GBP
Job Title: Social Worker - Referral & AssessmentLocation: DerbyshirePay Rate: £38 per hour Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Referral & Assessment team based in Derbys…
Est. 55,000 GBP
Our client based in Devon is seeking an experienced Team Manager to join their Adult Social Care Locality Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a strong and motivated leader to oversee a busy community-based service…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult's Social Worker to join its client’s Community Team, based in Barking and Dagenham. What will your responsibilities be? Manage a caseload of adults with varying levels of need, inc…
Est. 55,000 GBP
Our client based in Bristol is seeking an experienced and motivated Team Manager to join their North and West Locality Service. This is an exciting opportunity for a strong leader to work alongside another Team Manager i…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Assessment team, based in Dorset. What will your responsibilities be? Receive and screen referrals from professionals, families, or the publi…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Duty team, based in Devon. What will your responsibilities be? This role will be focused on covering the duty service across Crediton, Okehampton…
Est. 40,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team (STAR), based in Wokingham. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled practitioner to suppo…
Est. 35,250 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Child Protection team, based in Derbyshire. What will your responsibilities be? Conduct assessments of children and families to identify risk…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Referral and Assessment team, based in Cheshire West And Chester. What will your responsibilities be? Receive and screen referrals from profe…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client based in Nottinghamshire is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Urgent and Emergency Care (Hospitals) Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated practitioner to work within a fast-pa…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Preparation for Adulthood team, based in Sheffield. What will your responsibilities be? Transition Planning — Lead holistic, person‑centred trans…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client in Cambridgeshire is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their Transfer of Care Team, supporting adults transitioning from hospital and rehabilitation settings back into the community.This is a…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its clients Child Protection Team at Derbyshire. What will your responsibilities be? Conduct assessments of children and families to identify risks and needs. Develop and…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Child Protection Team at Derbyshire. What will your responsibilities be? Conduct assessments of children and families to identify risks and needs. Develop and…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Adult Social Worker for its client's Safeguarding Team (S42 Triage) in Somerset.Our client, based in Somerset, is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their Safeguarding Team,…