Description
Liquid Personnel is looking for a dedicated Social Worker to join our client's Home, Independence and Crisis Support (HICS) team, helping people return home safely and confidently through a Home First / Discharge to Assess approach. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of an established partnership across health and social care in Dorset.
What will your responsibilities be?
You’ll play a key role in supporting timely, safe hospital discharges and delivering high‑quality social work practice. Your responsibilities will include:
- Visiting acute and community hospitals across Dorset to facilitate effective discharge planning.
- Completing strengths‑based Care Act assessments and complex discharge assessments.
- Managing risk and ensuring safe transitions back into the community.
- Developing personalised care and support plans, coordinating services such as reablement, intermediate care, equipment, and long‑term support.
- Working closely with NHS teams, therapists, GPs, housing partners, and the voluntary sector to ensure seamless care.
- Addressing safeguarding concerns in line with Dorset Council procedures.
- Applying the Mental Capacity Act, completing capacity assessments, and leading Best Interests decisions.
- Managing a busy workload and supporting weekly duty in the office.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
Our client is looking for someone who brings professional confidence and a commitment to person‑centred practice:
- Qualified and registered Social Worker (degree or diploma).
- Experience in hospital discharge or complex casework is highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of relevant legislation, safeguarding, and strengths‑based practice.
- Comfortable working with complexity, including Court of Protection matters.
- Enhanced DBS (Children’s & Adults) – obtained by us.
- Right to work in the UK.
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 - 196554
GH - 34168
Similar jobs
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join its clients Hospital Discharge Team, supporting citizens across discharge pathways. What will your responsibilities be? Assess and support citizens on disc…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Hospital Discharge Team at Southampton. Our client is looking for Hospital Social Workers to support and facilitate patient discharges from the hospital setti…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting experienced Social Workers for its client to support a Hospital Discharge Service with a client based in Newport, working on-site within an acute hospital setting. This service plays a vita…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Hospital Social Worker to join our client's busy Hospital Discharge Team in Bury. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner with previous hosp…
Est. 67,392 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Worker for its client's Adults Discharge to Assess Team at Bristol. This is a fantastic opportunity to support citizens during a critical stage in their care journey, ensuring safe a…
Est. 45,000 GBP
Our client based in Coventry is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join their Hospital Discharge Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled practitioner to support adults through timely, safe…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client based in Somerset is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker to join their Acute Discharge Team, working on-site within a hospital setting to support safe and timely discharges.This is a fast-paced role foc…
Est. 64,000 GBP
Job Title: Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Location: Bromley Pay Rate: £32 (Depending on experience) Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Social Worker to join its client’s Hospital Discharge team, based in Bro…
Est. 62,400 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Hospital team, based in Manchester. What will your responsibilities be? Managing hospital discharges - completing timely Care Act assessments, co…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Qualified Social Worker for its client’s Home First Team based in Norfolk. This is a highly rewarding opportunity to work within a fast-paced, multi-agency environment focused on safe and…
Est. 67,720 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Senior Practitioner – Hospital Discharge & Home First Service for its client’s Adult Social Care team based in Southampton. This is a full-time agency role offering £32 -…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Hospital Discharge team, based in Lancashire. What will your responsibilities be? Provide statutory social work support — delivering professional…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client, based in Norfolk, is seeking an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join their Home First Team, supporting adults during inpatient stays. This is a highly rewarding opportunity to work within a fast-paced,…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join its client's Hospital Discharge Team in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring safe, timely, and p…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker for its client's Home First Neighbourhood Vale Team based in Oxfordshire. This is a full-time agency role supporting adults transitioning from acute and communi…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Our client, based in Solihull, is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their busy Discharge to Assess Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Adult Social Care practitioner to support individuals tran…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting two Social Workers for its client’s Hospital Discharge Team in Stoke-on-Trent City. These roles are to backfill positions while existing team members are on secondment. What will your respo…
Est. 69,654 GBP
Job Title: Social Worker - Hospital DischargeLocation: IslingtonPay Rate: £33.73 per hour Job Description: Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its client’s Hospital Discharge Team in Islington.We’re seekin…
Est. 72,880 GBP
Job Title: Social Worker – Home First & Hospital DischargeLocation: Leeds (Hybrid)Pay Rate: £35 per hour Job Description: Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its client's Home First and Hospital discha…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Home First Neighbourhood team, based in Oxfordshire.About the Role:This opportunity is with a client in Oxfordshire who is transforming its hospi…
Est. 67,392 GBP
Job Title: Social Worker - Hospital TeamLocation: Redbridge Pay Rate: £32 per hour Job Description: Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its client’s Hospital Team in Redbridge. The role focuses on supporti…
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
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. 88,480 GBP
Job Title: Social Worker - Hospital TeamLocation: LiverpoolPay Rate: £46 per hour Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an Adult Social Worker to join its client's Hospital Team based in Liverpool. What will your…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for its client's Adult D2A Hospital Discharge Team at Blackburn with Darwen What will your responsibilities be? Complete strengths‑based Care Act assessments to identify nee…
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. 52,767 GBP
Liquid Personnel are proud to be working with Richmond and Wandsworth Councils to recruit a passionate and experienced Hospital Discharge Mental Health Social Worker to join their dynamic, integrated social work team.Thi…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adults Social Worker to join its client’s Rapid Discharge to Assess Team based in Trafford. What will your responsibilities be? Timely Hospital Discharge Planning: Work closely with heal…
Est. 35,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join the Discharge to Assess Project team in East Sussex. In this role, you’ll work closely with Adult Social Care Hospital Teams to support safe, timely hospit…
Est. 45,000 GBP
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join its client’s Intermediate Care service based in Somerset. This is a full‑time agency role supporting complex casework, hospital discharge pathwa…