We fully support the use of AI and other tools to assist in writing your application. However, it's essential that the content, especially your supporting statement, is personalised and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your genuine experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility Job overview 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 successful candidate will work as a social worker in the multi-disciplinary Perinatal Community Mental Health Team. This involves supporting a caseload of individuals’ who are experiencing social barriers, such as housing, domestic violence and isolation, to recovery by applying social work and psychoeducation interventions and representing the social work and social perspective in the team. Further training and supervision is available to support your growth in the role. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. Advert Due to significant investment as part of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, we are delighted to offer another Social Worker post within the Nottinghamshire Perinatal Mental Health Services. Nottinghamshire Perinatal Community Mental Health Team is a multidisciplinary and well-established service providing a range of tailored approaches to meet the mental health needs of women and their families in the perinatal period. We are co-located on the Hopewood site with Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. The Team provides a service to the City and County of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw with clinics located across this geography. The team provides care across the whole region of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw. Working for our organisation TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons. We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health. We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity. The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team. The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment Detailed job description and main responsibilities To have a specific field of interest and knowledge around the wellbeing and functioning of families, with consideration to areas such as domestic violence. To provide a defined level of assessment and access to Social Work interventions for a diverse patient group and their families, who present with significant mental health problems/disorders. To provide realistic, timely and occasionally intensive Social Work interventions to patients within a community setting. To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals. To build relationships and liaise with statutory and third sector organisations that could support the families we work with towards recovery - such as Women's Aid and Framework. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. Additional Information We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants. The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria. In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information. For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.