Overview
Our Adult Community Mental Health Service in Ware has the opportunity to recruit into a Senior Social Worker post within the multidisciplinary team. You will be able to demonstrate skills to inspire, lead and manage staff in the delivery of the Care Act expectations for social care and safeguarding. This is a development opportunity to join an experienced group of clinicians and practitioners and develop your career with our services.
Responsibilities
* Promote, lead and act in accordance with the principles of personalisation, working to promote wellbeing, and enabling an individual's rights to choice and control, in a multidisciplinary mental health team.
* Provide robust, consistent, and expert social care practice advice in partnership with other specialist senior social care colleagues.
* Support newly qualified social workers through the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE), acting as an ASYE assessor and engaged in the ASYE moderation process.
* Undertake duties as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) or be willing to undertake AMHP training.
In Return At HPFT
* Support you to develop your skills to provide robust, consistent expert social care practice advice in partnership with other specialist senior social care colleagues including the professional leads for social care in the Trust.
* Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers.
* Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike – saving on tax and insurance included.
* Wellbeing activities from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our craft club; join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing.
Qualifications
Experience
* Essential: An appropriate professional social work qualification; Registration with General Social Work England; Education to degree level; Masters Degree or equivalent training; Approved Mental Health Professional training and qualification (or prepared to undertake training within a year of appointment); Relevant post-qualifying training for social workers.
* Desirable: Other post-qualifying training e.g. CBT, family therapy; Best Interests Assessment training.
Essential
* Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience with demonstrable evidence of excellent practice at advanced level.
* Extensive knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance, theory, and policy in relation to adult and children's social care.
* Experience of undertaking assessments focused on personalisation, choice and control, and care planning.
* Understanding of and experience with personal budgets and direct payments.
* Experience of supervising and mentoring others.
* Evidence of multidisciplinary and collaborative working and partnership with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect, particularly in challenging situations.
Further Information
Job location: Rosanne House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HG. Pay band: Band 7. Salary: £50,008 to £56,908 per annum, pro rata (5% HCAS included). Contract: Permanent. Working pattern: Full-time. Reference: 367-ACMS-3884.
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