Overview
Join to apply for the Senior Social Worker role at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. The Moorlands CMHT Team are looking to recruit to a Band 6 Senior Social Worker, working full time.
Responsibilities
* Accountable on a day-to-day basis to the Team Leader who will monitor and review all work through regular informal and formal supervision.
* Assessing and implementing a range of interventions and providing guidance/advice and information for service users with acute or increasingly complex long term conditions that could include mental health needs, learning difficulties or physical health difficulties.
* Be an integrated and supportive member of a team, planning, actioning, monitoring and evaluating work with the supervision of the Team Leader/experienced Social Worker.
* Act as an experienced and independent practitioner within the role, assessing, formulating, implementing and agreeing support and intervention for Service Users. Seek guidance and support as needed and/or in relation to high profile, complex and/or very high cost or challenging cases.
* Be responsible for supporting the delivery of assessments and interventions for Service Users within the directorate and where relevant Hospital/Inpatient settings providing social work knowledge and expertise. Support with requests for information, advice, guidance, with referrals, initial assessments and interventions.
* Work collaboratively with other Trust services and partner agencies to provide seamless care for service users.
Additional information
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for service and system transformation to improve health and wellbeing through high quality care. We pride ourselves on wellbeing for our team and offer flexible working where possible. The Trust is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Knight; Job title: Team Leader; Email: rachel.knight@combined.nhs.uk
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