Senior Practitioner Mental Health in Rhymney

Senior Practitioner Mental Health

We are recruiting a Senior Practitioner Mental Health at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working Hours and Contract Type

Working hours: 37 Hours (7.24 Monday – Friday). Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time.

Location

North Integrated Health and Social Care Centre.

Team

North Community Mental Health Team.

Salary and Benefits

We pay an attractive salary of £42,839 – £46,142 and offer access to training and development opportunities. This post attracts a Market Supplement of £2,995 per annum, in addition to the annual salary, which will be paid in 12 monthly instalments for partaking in the AMHP Rota. We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.

Role Description

The postholder will work with service users aged 18 and over who have mental health needs. The team is multi-disciplinary, dynamic and forward thinking and the successful candidate will be required to practice in accordance with National Occupational Standards for Social Work and Code of Practice for Social Care Workers to deliver assessment and care management services. You will need to have a good understanding of current legislation and policy. You will also be required to work closely with carers, other professionals and team members or alone using your own initiative. You will have a varied role and have the ability to deal with crisis situations and will be expected to facilitate safe discharge for service users from hospital into the community. You will be required to support and safeguard vulnerable service users through difficult periods in their lives, therefore effective communication and organisational skills are essential.

Qualifications

1. A Diploma / Degree in Social Work or predecessor qualification.
2. An Approved Mental Health Professional Award.
3. Knowledge of the current social care legislative framework and national drivers within social work and social care including Social Services and Wellbeing Act Wales (2014), Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity, Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 and Deprivation of Liberty safeguards.
4. Experience of undertaking the duties of an Approved Mental Health Professional.
5. Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business / work purposes to travel throughout the borough to visit clients and attend meetings.

Contact

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification on our website, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rhian Llewellyn on or email

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