Senior Social Worker – Band 7
Closing date: 04 May 2026
Responsibilities
* Promote and lead the social care agenda, acting in accordance with the principles of personalisation, working to promote wellbeing, and enabling individuals' rights to choice and control.
* Carry out complex assessments of need, plan and deliver services and review outcomes with the individual, their personal support networks and support providers.
* Ensure practice within the team is responsive, inclusive and community based with a clear focus on outcomes and bring your professional expertise to your work with complex cases.
* Supervise the social care staff within the team and support the wider team with social care.
* Manage the provision of assessments under the Care Act 2014 and the reviews of packages of care.
* Work collaboratively with community partners to ensure individuals and families are supported and their needs are met.
* Act as a champion and leader of social care within the locality/quadrant.
* Be professionally registered.
Benefits
* Leadership and management training opportunities.
* 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata).
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable).
* One of the UK's best pension schemes.
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing services.
* Special leave for family and personal reasons.
* NHS Car Lease Scheme.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
About the Trust
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
Qualifications & Experience
* Appropriate professional social work qualification and registration with Social Work England.
* Masters Degree or equivalent training.
* Approved Mental Health Professional training and qualification (or prepared to undertake training within a year of appointment).
* Relevant post-qualifying training for social workers; e.g. CBT, family therapy.
* Best Interests Assessment training.
* Strong post-qualification experience with demonstrable evidence of excellent practice at a high level.
* Extensive knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance, theory and policy in relation to relevant adult and children's social care.
* Experience of undertaking assessments focused on personalisation, choice and control, and care planning; understanding and experience of personal budgets and direct payments.
* Experience of supervising and mentoring staff.
* Experience of multidisciplinary working and evidence of collaborative work.
* Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect particularly in very challenging situations.
* Experience of working as an Approved Mental Health Professional and as a Best Interests assessor.
Other Requirements
Must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car for business purposes (unless a disability qualifies under the Equality Act 2010).
Must be able to travel between bases and offices as required, using suitable mode of transport.
Job is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service check is required.
Location & Contact
Address: Cygnet House, 1 Old College Court, Priory Street, Ware, SG12 0DE
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Salary: £50,008 to £56,908 a year (pro rata, inclusive of 5% HCAS)
Reference number: 367-ACMS-10150-A
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