Social Worker - Learning Disabilities

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Learning Disabilities Team, based at Blackpool.

What will your responsibilities be?

In This Role, You Will

Complete Care Act assessments, carrying out holistic assessments, support plans, and reviews for adults with learning disabilities, ensuring needs are met in the least restrictive way

Manage complex learning disability caseloads, including risk management, safeguarding concerns, and mental capacity issues

  • Coordinate multi‑agency interventions to promote safety, wellbeing, and positive outcomes
  • Work collaboratively with health and specialist services, including community LD nurses, psychologists, housing teams, day services, and providers
  • Deliver person‑centred, strengths‑based practice in line with legislation and best practice

Benefits

  • Immediate start with an initial 3‑month contract
  • Free on‑site parking
  • Supervision and training

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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  • GH - 34832

Key Responsibilities

You will complete holistic care act assessments and support plans for adults with learning disabilities while managing complex caseloads. Additionally, you will coordinate multi-agency interventions to ensure safety and wellbeing in line with best practice.

Requirements

The role requires an experienced adult social worker with specific knowledge of learning disabilities and relevant legislation. Candidates must be able to manage safeguarding concerns and mental capacity issues effectively.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental capacity assessmentMulti-agency coordinationPerson-centred practiceLearning disability support

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker - Learning Disabilities at Liquid Personnel a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,558 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 40% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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About Liquid Personnel

Staffing and Recruiting
Manchester, Lancashire
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Immediate start
Free on-site parking
Supervision and training
Free DBS and compliance service
Twice weekly payroll
Access to exclusive roles
Free CPD portal
Dedicated consultant