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:
* building trusted relationships
* having conversations with people based on what matters most to them
* making sure people’s wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making
* supporting people to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible
* connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support
* increasing people’s hope, self-esteem and creative potential.
The roles we are looking for are, Advanced Social Work Practitioners, Social Workers and Community Care Officers. These roles 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:
* recognising that people are the experts in their lives
* communicating respectfully with and about people
* thinking and acting creatively
* challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude or oppress
* 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.
Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.
Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on beingaccredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.
Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.
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