Social Worker - Community Mental Health
Liquid Personnel
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based in Dorset. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, supporting adults with complex mental health needs across the community while benefiting from flexible hybrid working arrangements.
The Role
As a CMHT Social Worker, you will undertake a varied caseload involving Care Act duties, safeguarding, mental health assessments, and partnership working with health professionals and external agencies. The role requires regular community and home visits across Dorset and offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the lives of vulnerable adults.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will:
- Complete Care Act assessments, support plans, and reviews.
- Undertake Section 117 assessments and reviews.
- Assess and support adults with complex mental health needs.
- Manage safeguarding enquiries, risk assessments, and complex casework.
- Work on cases involving MAPPA, MARAC, DoLS, and the Court of Protection.
- Collaborate with Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs), Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and partner agencies.
- Conduct community and home visits as part of your caseload responsibilities.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure statutory documentation is completed to a high standard.
Qualifications & Experience
To be successful in this role you must have:
- A recognised Social Work qualification (Degree/DipSW/CQSW).
- Current Social Work England registration.
- Previous experience within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) or Adult Social Care setting.
- Strong knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act.
- Experience managing complex caseloads and undertaking risk assessments.
- Excellent assessment, report writing, and communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel for community-based visits.
Benefits
- Competitive pay rate of up to £35 per hour.
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
- Supportive multidisciplinary team environment.
- Opportunity to make a positive impact on adults with complex mental health needs.
- Initial 6-month contract with potential for extension.
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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About this role
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker for a Community Mental Health Team in Dorset on a hybrid contract basis. You'll carry a varied caseload of adults with complex mental health needs, conducting Care Act and Mental Health Act assessments, managing safeguarding enquiries, and coordinating with psychiatrists, CPNs, and external agencies. The work involves regular community and home visits across the area, alongside statutory documentation and risk management—including cases involving MAPPA, MARAC, and the Court of Protection.
This role suits someone with prior CMHT or Adult Social Care experience and solid grounding in mental capacity and safeguarding law. You'll need current Social Work England registration, strong assessment and report-writing skills, and genuine willingness to travel for visits. The position offers competitive pay up to £35 per hour, flexible hybrid arrangements, and a supportive multidisciplinary environment. It's a six-month initial contract with potential extension, backed by Liquid Personnel's payroll speed, free DBS processing, and access to their social work training portal.
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