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Job location: Leighton Buzzard Community Mental Health Team, Crombie House, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1HJ
Overview
Dunstable Community Mental Health Team provides compassionate person-centred interventions to people experiencing mental ill-health in the Towns of Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Social Workers in the mental health team have access to a host of brand new facilities at the Grove View Health and Care hub. The hub strengthens ELFT\'s award-winning social care presence and ethos. ELFT offers an ASYE programme for newly qualified social workers and a variety of CPD/training opportunities as part of annual appraisal.
Main duties
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Social Worker to work as part of our team. You will be registered with Social Work England and ideally have one year of post-qualifying experience in a relevant health or social care setting; however, with our new ASYE programme we would be happy to work with a newly qualified social worker who is able to demonstrate how their pre-qualifying experience and value base would benefit our team.
As a Social Worker, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing high quality social care services to adults experiencing mental ill-health. The core functions of the role will be to provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care from a social perspective to adults accessing the service. You will hold a caseload of adults experiencing a wide range of mental health and social care needs. You will ensure continuous reflection and development of your practice and continued professional development in line with Social Work England standards.
You will liaise with acute inpatient units, the Crisis Team, Primary Care services, the Voluntary and Private Sector and contribute to providing a recovery focused model of care. You will play an active role in the discharge of our service users from hospital and will commission health and social care services as required. Partnership working is a key component of this post and you will need to be innovative in ensuring that there is a range of appropriate services locally to support individual recovery journeys.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary environment/community
* Experience of attending funding panels and commissioning care packages
* Experience of working within an NHS/Local Authority environment and understanding of the issues/policies/practice
* To undertake comprehensive Care Act assessments and reviews for people with complex health and social care needs
* To promote adult safeguarding practice and contribute to care plans that protect adults and children from abuse
* To ensure appropriate health and social care services are commissioned on behalf of service users
* To promote Direct Payments in commissioning service user and carer care plans
* To undertake regular risk assessments and keep vulnerable people safe
* To maintain accurate records on the service user Electronic Patient Record
* To attend reflective practice sessions and access post-qualifying training
* To provide management and reflective supervision to newly qualified staff
* To support ASYE and train as an ASYE assessor
* To undertake duties as an AMHP or be willing to undertake AMHP training
* To participate in regular supervision and reflect on practice as a social worker and AMHP
Desirable criteria
* Post-qualification experience in mental health services
* Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and amendments
* Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and CPA/NSF standards
* IT skills and experience with service user data systems
Educational/ qualification
* Essential: Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
* Desirable: Degree level education; relevant post-qualifying/postgraduate training
Additional information
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours. Band 6, Salary £37,338 to £44,962 per year (pro rata). Contract: Permanent. Reference: 363-BED7335536-A
Employer: East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT). Employer address: Leighton Buzzard Community Mental Health Team, Crombie House, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1HJ. Employer website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/
Other: This post is subject to DBS check. UK Registration and sponsorship information apply as described in the original job content.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Other
* Industries: Mental Health Care
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