Social Worker - Hospital Discharge

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.

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