Social Worker – Dementia and Care Quality

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Dementia and Care Quality team, based in Cardiff.

About the role:

Cardiff Council is looking for an experienced and committed Social Worker to join the Dementia and Care Quality Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to high quality care provision while supporting individuals living with dementia and those in care home placements.

You will work closely with partners across health and social care to ensure safe, effective, and person centred outcomes for citizens and their families.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Carry out statutory reviews for citizens in care home placements
• Work collaboratively with Health partners to support changes in care home status, including Continuing Healthcare
• Act as a key contact for care home managers and support colleagues with unplanned reviews
• Contribute to provider performance processes, including care home closures, ensuring a structured and supportive approach for citizens and families
• Work alongside Contracts and Commissioning to maintain consistent processes and uphold best practice in care home and dementia care
• Promote best practice across the service and partner organisations in supporting individuals with dementia
• Support benchmarking and continuous development of knowledge across teams and allied services
• Assess placement suitability and manage cases effectively in partnership with service users, families, and providers
• Undertake Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions

Benefits:

• £35 per hour umbrella rate
• Long term contract with strong extension potential through to March 2027
• Opportunity to influence and improve dementia care services
• Supportive team and collaborative working environment

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Qualified Social Worker with current registration
• Experience working with adults, ideally within dementia or care home settings
• Strong understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Best Interest processes
• Excellent communication and partnership working skills
• Ability to manage complex caseloads and contribute to service development
• Person centred, proactive, and solution focused approach

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.