We are looking for 2 full time social workers to come and join our Local Mental Health Teams (LMHTs). One will be based at Gedling LMHT and the other at Broxtowe and Hucknall LMHT .
There is an exciting opportunity to join the growing social work workforce within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Social workers play a crucial part in improving mental health outcomes for individuals, through understanding the social detriments of mental health and using a human rights approach. This requires advanced relationship-based skills focussed on personalisation and strength-based working, to support people to make positive, self-directed change.
The successful candidates will work as a social worker in a multi-disciplinary community mental health team. This involves supporting a caseload of individuals' who are experiencing social issues which are impacting their mental health by applying social work and psychoeducation interventions and representing the social work and social perspective in the team. Social work training and supervision is provided as well as opportunities to develop additional intervention skills required for working in a community mental health team.
The post holder will demonstrate the principles of social work through professional judgement, decision making and actions within a framework of professional accountability. They will promote and lead on the social perspective and trauma-informed social model of mental health and wellbeing within the multidisciplinary team. They post holder will value and take account of the expertise of service users, carers and other professionals.
The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing social work expertise to improve mental health outcomes for individuals through understanding the social determinants of mental health. This includes completing pieces of work where a patient requires social work input/ social work interventions; and providing care coordination for people experiencing social stressors that are impacting their mental health or social stressors are the predominant issue that requires support.
The post holder will also complete team responsibilities as required.
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 our 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
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Robyn Lowe Job title: Team Leader Email address:
Maggie Donnelly (BHLMHT team leader )