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Are you looking for something a bit different, a new challenge, a varied role?
Wathwood is an award-winning Forensic Mental Health Hospital and prides itself on providing the highest quality of care, in a secure setting to our patients.
We have exciting opportunities here at Wathwood in our unique Medium Secure setting. Whether you are newly qualified and looking to take your first step on your career ladder, or fancy a new challenge, we have something to suit everyone.
We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Social Worker to join our fantastic multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital to provide assessment, risk management, care and treatment to aid recovery and further the patient journey.
Interviews for this vacancy will be held on the 3 September 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate, experienced and highly motivated skilled professional social worker to join our teams, in a challenging but rewarding role, to make a difference to the lives of our patients.
Main duties of the job
Therefore, applicants will need to:
· Have excellent interpersonal skills
· The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
· Be committed to providing the highest standards of care
· Promote and maintain high standards of care through excellent communication, motivation, supervision and role modelling
We want to help our staff reach their full potential and are committed to providing the support, skills and development needed to success. This includes a supportive and strong health and well-being team.
Reporting to the Social Work Manager, and working closely within consultant led multi disciplinary teams, the post-holder will work within a small team providing high quality social work support to patients detained in a secure healthcare setting.
As social worker for a defined caseload, you will contribute to initial assessments, risk assessments and care planning You will be working with a range of internal and external services to identify and manage areas of risk and ensure throughcare support is available. You will directly support both patients and their families.
You will take a lead role for safeguarding adults within our service and also for safeguarding children who come into contact with our service. You will provide social work reports to Mental Health Tribunals and to Care Programme Approach meetings on a regular basis.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry a caseload of patients and present essential reports in a timely fashion and to a high standard.
To attend all relevant clinical meetings including MRTs, CPAs, Ward Rounds, 117 meetings, MAPPPs, Manager Reviews etc.
To work within the legislative framework and adhere to all Trust and Directorate Policies and Procedures.
To engage and liaise effectively with patients, families/carers and external agencies.
To lead on Child and Adult Safeguarding in the MDT
To oversee the Child Visiting Procedure and ensure supervision and contact visits between patients and children are conducted in accordance with Directorate/National procedures.
To ensure that all necessary clinical (patient) and environmental (Health & Safety) risk assessments are carried out and management plans developed in liaison with the Social Work Team Manager where necessary.
To adhere to all Social Work and MSU Standards.
To provide a Social Work service to a defined patient caseload.
To participate in regular managerial supervision with the Team Manager.
To engage in clinical supervision as requested.
To undertake other Social Work tasks as required by Team Manager.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Physical Characteristics
* Ability to travel to and from work in wide geographical locations
* Ability to undertake all essential training
Further training
* Awareness of professional boundaries and able to positively role model appropriate behaviour
* Detailed knowledge of current Social Work practice
* Detailed knowledge of all standards relevant to Social Work
* Good understanding of Clinical Governance
* Post Qualifying Training
* Safeguarding Training
* Multi Agency working
Work Experience
* Extensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, Criminal Justice Legislation, Community Care Legislation and CPA, Risk Assessment and management methods
* Experience of carrying a caseload of Forensic/ Mental Health Patients
* Other experience in Social Care, Probation or Voluntary Sector Work in a secure setting
* Effective Communication at all levels
* Risk Assessment and Management skills
* Effective organisation and prioritisation
* Writing focused analytical reports to deadlines
* Multi-disciplinary teamwork
* Ability to work with extreme histories of abuse or other behaviour
* Ability to effectively present information
Contractual requirements
* Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Organisation
Qualifications– Academic/ Professional
* Professional qualifications in Social Work at Diploma level (e.g. Dip, DipSW, CQSW)
Dispositional Attributes
* Empathy
* Ability to work with conflict
* Effective working under pressure
* Negotiation
* Working with some autonomy
Additional Information
* We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
* The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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* For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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