Senior Practitioner - Mental Health

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Contract Length: Initial 3-month assignment Start Date: 17 August 2026 Location: Halewood Centre, Knowsley, L26 9UH Working Pattern: Hybrid working (2-3 office days per week,

Requirements Summary

To be successful in this role you must have; Qualified Social Worker (BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent). Registered with Social Work England.

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Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Senior Practitioner/Advanced Practitioner to join our client in Knowsley's Mental Health Team on an initial 3-month contract covering maternity leave.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Mental Health practitioner to support the day-to-day functions of the team, providing professional leadership, supervision, and oversight while managing a small caseload of complex adult cases.

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→Contract Length: Initial 3-month assignment
→Start Date: 17 August 2026
→Location: Halewood Centre, Knowsley, L26 9UH
→Working Pattern: Hybrid working (2-3 office days per week, remainder home-based)
→IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

→Qualified Social Worker (BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent).
→Registered with Social Work England.
→Previous experience as a Senior Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner.
→Significant experience within Adult Mental Health Services.
→Strong working knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act, and Adult Safeguarding legislation.
→Experience providing supervision, mentoring, or practice leadership to other social workers.
→Strong assessment, risk management, and multi-agency working skills.

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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