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Mental health social worker

Romford
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Mental health social worker
Posted: 28 June
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This post is being advertised on behalf of London Borough of Havering (LBH) as part of the section 75 agreement that NELFT have with LBH.

We are excited to advertise this opportunity for a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration to join our South Mental Health and Wellness Team Community Team working in a multi-disciplinary team to holistically meet the mental health needs of adults living in Havering aged 18-70, who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

We pride ourselves on being a supportive team that encourages growth and development of our team members, and would be delighted for you to be part of our team!

If successful, you will receive the required training and support needed to fulfil your duties, as well as regular supervision and appraisal.

***Please note, the contract for this position will provided by the London Borough of Havering***

Main duties of the job

* Act as a case manager to a defined caseload of service users.
* Provide care within the Recovery Model of practice maintaining service users within their own environment in the community.
* Deliver high quality care and provide solutions to service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.
* Supervising junior colleagues, newly qualified staff, and students.
* Travelling within the local area to visit allocated service users.
* Carry out high quality assessments, using person-centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for service users and carers.
* The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team using evidence-based approaches in the delivery of interventions. The candidate will also have the resilience and positivity to work with a challenging but also very rewarding client group This includes care coordinating a caseload of service users.

Working for our organisation

Please note, the contract for this position will provided by the London Borough of Havering.

Please refer to the link below for more details:

London Borough of Havering and NELFT fully promotes professional/personal training and development, monthly supervision, CPD, annual appraisal, audit, research, and work-based Quality Improvement and innovation. There is the opportunity to supervise and support students.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at London Borough of Havering. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

References and employment checks

All Employment checks and reference requests, will be carried out by London borough of havering. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.

Person specification

Qualifications

* Qualified Social Worker with current registration (Social Work England
* Evidence of appropriate CPD
* Ability to apply appropriate legislation to work practice
* Effective communication skills: written, verbal and listening
* Experience of adult safeguarding/protection work

Knowledge

* An awareness of NHS Plan and clinical governance priorities
* Working knowledge of mental Health act 1983, Care Act 2014
* Working in collaboration with other agencies

Experience

* Working in an environment that promotes service users' involvement
* Clinical assessment of physical, psychological, and social care
* Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
* Experience working with people with mental health difficulties

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Job overview

This post is being advertised on behalf of London Borough of Havering (LBH) as part of the section 75 agreement that NELFT have with LBH.

We are excited to advertise this opportunity for a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration to join our South Mental Health and Wellness Team Community Team working in a multi-disciplinary team to holistically meet the mental health needs of adults living in Havering aged 18-70, who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

We pride ourselves on being a supportive team that encourages growth and development of our team members, and would be delighted for you to be part of our team!

If successful, you will receive the required training and support needed to fulfil your duties, as well as regular supervision and appraisal.

***Please note, the contract for this position will provided by the London Borough of Havering***

Main duties of the job

1. Act as a case manager to a defined caseload of service users.
2. Provide care within the Recovery Model of practice maintaining service users within their own environment in the community.
3. Deliver high quality care and provide solutions to service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.
4. Supervising junior colleagues, newly qualified staff, and students.
5. Travelling within the local area to visit allocated service users.
6. Carry out high quality assessments, using person-centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for service users and carers.
7. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team using evidence-based approaches in the delivery of interventions. The candidate will also have the resilience and positivity to work with a challenging but also very rewarding client group This includes care coordinating a caseload of service users.

Working for our organisation

Please note, the contract for this position will provided by the London Borough of Havering.

Please refer to the link below for more details:

London Borough of Havering and NELFT fully promotes professional/personal training and development, monthly supervision, CPD, annual appraisal, audit, research, and work-based Quality Improvement and innovation. There is the opportunity to supervise and support students.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at London Borough of Havering. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

References and employment checks

All Employment checks and reference requests, will be carried out by London borough of havering. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

8. Qualified Social Worker with current registration (Social Work England
9. Evidence of appropriate CPD
10. Ability to apply appropriate legislation to work practice
11. Effective communication skills: written, verbal and listening

Desirable criteria

12. Experience of adult safeguarding/protection work

Knowledge

Essential criteria

13. An awareness of NHS Plan and clinical governance priorities
14. Working knowledge of mental Health act 1983, Care Act 2014

Desirable criteria

15. Working in collaboration with other agencies

Experience

Essential criteria

16. Working in an environment that promotes service users' involvement
17. Clinical assessment of physical, psychological, and social care
18. Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
19. Experience working with people with mental health difficulties

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

If you require any additional support during the application process please contact. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment journey.

Documents to download

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21. PS (PDF, KB)
22. NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (PDF, KB)
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