Job summary
To be responsible for both the assessment of individual needs and the initiation and co-ordination of a range of outcomes to meet them, promoting the principles of a strength-based approach, personalisation, rights based social work practice, choice, and control, to ensure that people can assess and manage their own needs, risks, and uncertainties.
Main duties of the job
Working with MH discharges for those who have been detained on MH act - LD Autism experience for those detained in special hospitals
About us
Countywide out of county hospitals 117. We are part of Improving Lives Directorate with Forensic AMHP team and Forensic services.
Details Date posted
06 June 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£33,366 to £42,708 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
28580
Job locations
Loughborough Road, Nottingham
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
Job description Job responsibilities
Nottinghamshire County Council is developing an improve all-age Mental Health offer, alongside its existing work for people with Learning Disability and Autism which will involve strengthened multi-disciplinary working with a variety of partners. This will promote best practice, manage demand and respond to legislative change, with a focus on reablement. We want the people we serve to live good, ordinary lives in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can we work together to achieve it. We are looking for dynamic staff with relevant knowledge, skills and expertise in Mental Health, Learning Disability, Autism and Forensic Social Work, to facilitate hospital discharge. You'll be responsible for:
1. building trusted relationships
2. having conversations with people based on what matters most to them
3. making sure people's wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making
4. supporting people to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible
5. connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support
6. increasing people's hope, self-esteem and creative potential.
The role will ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support whilst playing a pivotal role, working with partner organisations, to shape and improve Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism services for local people. Essential requirements include:
7. recognising that people are the experts in their lives
8. communicating respectfully with and about people
9. thinking and acting creatively
10. challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude or oppress
11. critical reflection and a desire to keep learning
This is an exciting time for Adult Social Care as we implement new operational arrangements, ensuring that our services are fit for the future, with a focus on equity and individual outcomes to develop independence, alongside place based and partnership working with both internal and external partners. You will also contribute to the transformation of wider Adult Social Care services in line with the Council's strategic priorities and embed our Owning and Driving Performance Programme. Job description Job responsibilities
Nottinghamshire County Council is developing an improve all-age Mental Health offer, alongside its existing work for people with Learning Disability and Autism which will involve strengthened multi-disciplinary working with a variety of partners. This will promote best practice, manage demand and respond to legislative change, with a focus on reablement. We want the people we serve to live good, ordinary lives in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can we work together to achieve it. We are looking for dynamic staff with relevant knowledge, skills and expertise in Mental Health, Learning Disability, Autism and Forensic Social Work, to facilitate hospital discharge. You'll be responsible for:
12. building trusted relationships
13. having conversations with people based on what matters most to them
14. making sure people's wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making
15. supporting people to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible
16. connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support
17. increasing people's hope, self-esteem and creative potential.
The role will ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support whilst playing a pivotal role, working with partner organisations, to shape and improve Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism services for local people. Essential requirements include:
18. recognising that people are the experts in their lives
19. communicating respectfully with and about people
20. thinking and acting creatively
21. challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude or oppress
22. critical reflection and a desire to keep learning
This is an exciting time for Adult Social Care as we implement new operational arrangements, ensuring that our services are fit for the future, with a focus on equity and individual outcomes to develop independence, alongside place based and partnership working with both internal and external partners. You will also contribute to the transformation of wider Adult Social Care services in line with the Council's strategic priorities and embed our Owning and Driving Performance Programme. Person Specification Qualifications Essential
* A Social Work qualification recognised by Social Work England (SWE).
Experience Essential
* 2 Years post qualifying in Mental Health.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
* A Social Work qualification recognised by Social Work England (SWE).
Experience Essential
* 2 Years post qualifying in Mental Health.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name
Nottinghamshire County Council
Address
Loughborough Road, Nottingham
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
Employer's website
https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Nottinghamshire County Council
Address
Loughborough Road, Nottingham
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
Employer's website
https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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