Overview
At the Hub the team Senior Social Worker provides intensive support to ensure that bespoke professional supervision is readily available for all our social workers. As a Social Worker, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing high quality social care services to adults experiencing mental ill-health. The core functions of the role will be to provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care from a social perspective to adults accessing the service.
Responsibilities
* Hold a caseload of adults experiencing a wide range of mental health and social care needs.
* Maintain ongoing reflection and development of practice and ensure continuing professional development in line with the standards set out by the professional regulator, Social Work England.
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality social care services to adults with mental ill-health.
* Provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care from a social perspective.
Qualifications and Experience
* Registered with Social Work England.
* Ideally one year of post-qualifying experience in a relevant health or social care setting; however, we are happy to consider a newly qualified social worker who can demonstrate how their pre-qualifying experience and value base would benefit our team as part of our ASYE programme.
* An enthusiasm and motivation to work as part of a team.
Training and Development
* ELFT has a dedicated Social Care Lead locally in Central Bedfordshire offering regular reflective practice sessions and Care Act training.
* Continuous learning is supported by the Social Work Learning and Development Project Lead.
* The Trust offers an established ASYE programme for newly qualified social workers with CPD pathways beyond ASYE including AMHP/Leadership Academy/AMCP/Practice Educator/ASYE Assessor training structures. Bespoke training opportunities are available as part of yearly appraisal.
* Support to pursue AMHP training and related professional development.
Additional Information
In short, now is a good time to be working as a social worker for ELFT in South Bedfordshire. We have Social Workers who are also Practice Educators and ASYE assessors and are promoting this training. ELFT is participating in a pilot programme for ASYE training of newly qualified social workers. ELFT and Central Bedfordshire Council offer training opportunities to support Social Workers to maintain their professional registration with Social Work England. We believe the natural progression for a Social Worker within Mental Health Services is to strive towards completing their Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) training, and this is something that we will support you to do.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are proud to work with the diverse communities of Bedfordshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve. It is an exciting time to be joining Mental Health Services as a Social Worker in ELFT, and the Social Care Management team is committed to supporting your continued development.
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