Social Worker - Older People & Hospital Team
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Job Description
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Older People & Hospital Team, based in Conwy.
What Will Your Responsibilities Be?
In This Role, You Will
Hospital Discharge Planning — Lead timely, safe, and person‑centred hospital discharge planning under the Care Act and Discharge to Assess pathways, ensuring assessments are proportionate, strengths‑based, and coordinated with health partners.
Complex Assessment & Safeguarding — Complete holistic assessments, Mental Capacity Act decisions, and safeguarding enquiries for older adults with complex medical, cognitive, or social needs, ensuring robust risk management and legal compliance.
Multi‑Agency Coordination — Work collaboratively with ward teams, community health, therapy services, providers, and families to develop effective support plans, prevent delays, and promote independence and wellbeing post‑discharge.
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
Benefits
- Immediate start with initial 3-month contract
- Supervision and Training
- Hybrid working
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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Key Responsibilities
Lead safe and person-centred hospital discharge planning for older adults in coordination with health partners. Conduct holistic assessments, safeguarding enquiries, and Mental Capacity Act decisions to promote independence and wellbeing.
Requirements
Must be a registered Social Worker with Social Work England and hold a degree in Social Work. Requires a full UK driving licence, eligibility to work in the UK, and post-qualified experience.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 34% have no call, 62% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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