Liquid Personnel

Liquid Personnel is a UK recruitment consultancy specialising in social work, social care, health and special educational needs staffing. Working from its head office in Manchester, the company supplies temporary, permanent, ad hoc, project and assessment-based professionals to local authorities, NHS trusts, private and third-sector organisations across the country.

The company’s core market is qualified social work. Its consultants recruit children’s and adults’ services social workers for teams covering child protection, looked-after children, fostering, mental health, learning disabilities, assessment and community services. Live vacancies advertised by Liquid Personnel include social worker, senior practitioner and team manager roles in councils and independent agencies throughout England and Wales.

Beyond social work, Liquid Personnel recruits across allied health and social care roles, including occupational therapists, residential support workers and residential home managers, mental health practitioners and educational psychologists. Its special educational needs division places teachers, teaching assistants and SEND case officers into specialist schools, SEN schools and local authority services.

The business is structured around specialist divisions led by experienced recruitment directors. Kieran Chaloner heads the qualified social work and social care teams for children’s and adults’ services across the UK, while Nikki Khan leads special educational needs and permanent social work recruitment. Managing Director Stuart Ward joined the company in 2010 as a consultant and progressed through management and senior leadership roles.

Liquid Personnel states that it works with more than 150 organisations across the UK. Its candidate proposition centres on a personal consultant who takes time to understand each professional’s motivations and career goals, specialist sector and regional knowledge, and ongoing continuing professional development, training and support events for contractors and permanent staff.

The company holds Recruitment and Employment Confederation status and has appeared in workplace awards, including Great Place to Work certification in 2020–2021, UK’s Best Workplaces listings in 2017 and 2021, and the Sunday Times Best 100 Small Companies to Work For. These accreditations are presented on its website as evidence of its employment standards and service quality.

Liquid Personnel operates as a limited company registered in England and Wales. Its registered office is at 9 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AP, while its main operational office is at One Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. The company also runs a candidate referral scheme and publishes regular job opportunities through its own website and external job boards.