This part-time, 12-month fixed-term Social Worker post sits in Kingfisher, a new Trust-wide service for people with a learning disability and/or autism, run by Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. The work centres on outreach and inpatient support to prevent admission and plan discharge. The team works in a trauma-informed, sensory-informed and nature-based way, with an inpatient unit at Blackberry Hill. Social Work England registration and substantial mental health experience decide fit.
What the job involves
- Deliver personalised and social work interventions as an MDT member, including defined specialist therapeutic interventions for people with mental health difficulties, learning disabilities and/or autism
- Network with community services to plan admission to and discharge from Kingfisher, and support safe discharge to the person's chosen community
- Facilitate Personalised Care and Support Planning, hold support conversations, and act as keyworker for some people
- Deliver defined interventions to support carers, including carers' assessments
- Record safety incidents and create and update safety assessments and safety plans
- Protect people from abuse and harm under local safeguarding procedures, sharing information appropriately and coordinating protective interventions
- Provide practice leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues when required, and lead practices that enable effective team working
- Maintain the single health and social care record and report and record activity within agreed timeframes
- Manage own workload and plan the workload of others, prioritising time day to day
- Provide mentoring and training for others, and develop own practice and that of others
- Take part in management, caseload and clinical supervision, on-call rota and local arrangements
- Promote rights, strengths and wellbeing, act with integrity, report concerns, and monitor health, safety and security of self and others
What’s required
Qualifications
- Diploma or degree in Social Work
- Evidence of commitment to continued professional development
Registration & licences
- Current registration with Social Work England
Experience
- Substantial post-registration experience in front-line adult mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions
- Experience of supporting carers and undertaking carers' assessments
Skills & knowledge
- Developed understanding of evidence-based interventions with people with varying needs
- Detailed understanding of legal frameworks: Personalised Care and Support Planning, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act and safeguarding
- Highly developed verbal communication, including engaging people when a more assertive approach is needed
- Highly developed written communication, including compiling and sorting notes and reports
- Highly developed active listening, including reframing and testing understanding
Nice to have
- Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as AMHP or BIA
- Evidence of successful completion of ASYE
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
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