Overview
We are looking for 2 full time social workers to join our Local Mental Health Teams (LMHTs). One will be based at Gedling LMHT and the other at Broxtowe and Hucknall LMHT.
There is an exciting opportunity to join the growing social work workforce within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Social workers play a crucial part in improving mental health outcomes for individuals, through understanding the social detriments of mental health and using a human rights approach. This requires advanced relationship-based skills focused on personalisation and strength-based working, to support people to make positive, self-directed change.
The post holder will demonstrate the principles of social work through professional judgement, decision making and actions within a framework of professional accountability. They will promote and lead on the social perspective and trauma-informed social model of mental health and wellbeing within the multidisciplinary team. They will value and take account of the expertise of service users, carers and other professionals.
The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing social work expertise to improve mental health outcomes for individuals through understanding the social determinants of mental health. This includes completing pieces of work where a patient requires social work input/ social work interventions; and providing care coordination for people experiencing social stressors that are impacting their mental health or social stressors are the predominant issue that requires support. The post holder will also complete team responsibilities as required.
Responsibilities
* Support a caseload of individuals experiencing social issues that are impacting their mental health, applying social work and psychoeducation interventions.
* Represent the social work and social perspective in the multidisciplinary team.
* Provide care coordination for people experiencing social stressors affecting mental health.
* Complete pieces of work requiring social work input/interventions.
* Contribute to team responsibilities as required.
* Promote and lead on the social perspective and trauma-informed social model of mental health and wellbeing.
* Value and consider the expertise of service users, carers and other professionals.
* Engage in professional development with social work training and supervision provided.
Qualifications and Development
* Social work training and supervision is provided as well as opportunities to develop additional intervention skills required for working in a community mental health team.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Robyn Lowe
Job title: Team Leader
Email: robyn.lowe@nottshc.nhs.uk
Name: Maggie Donnelly (BHLMHT team leader)
Email: maggie.donnelly@nottshc.nhs.uk
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