Social Worker – Adult Safeguarding

Our client based in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join their Adult Safeguarding Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to work with adults at risk, undertaking safeguarding interventions that promote safety, wellbeing, independence, and positive outcomes.

The successful candidate will work within a specialist Adult Safeguarding service, undertaking complex safeguarding enquiries, risk assessments, and statutory social work interventions. Working collaboratively with individuals, carers, families, health professionals, care providers, and partner agencies, you will play a key role in protecting vulnerable adults while ensuring that strengths-based and person-centred practice remain at the heart of all decision-making.

This role requires a confident Social Worker with strong safeguarding knowledge, excellent assessment skills, and the ability to manage complex cases involving risk, abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

• Managing a caseload of adults at risk and undertaking safeguarding interventions in line with Adult Safeguarding legislation and procedures.
• Leading and coordinating Section 42 Safeguarding Enquiries in accordance with the Care Act 2014.
• Undertaking strengths