Social Worker

An opportunity has risen for a Qualified Experienced Social Worker with a live unrestricted Social Work England registration to join our Community Team working with adults experiencing mental health issues or crisis, You will need to:

• Have continuous responsibility for coordinating the care of an identified group of allocated service users .

• Deliver a range of evidence-based interventions which will promote recovery, social inclusion, and normalisation for this group of service users, who suffer from severe, enduring mental health problems and cognitive impairment conditions.

• Work in partnership with the MDT, Home Treatment Team, and acute Inpatients Services to provide support and treatment to service users within crisis to facilitate the safe management of their needs within a community setting.

We are a supportive team, and the post holder would have support from the Service Manager, Clinical Leads, and other multi-discipline staff.

If successful you will receive the required training and support needed to fulfil your duties, as well as regular supervision and appraisal.

Please note, the contract for this position will provided by the London Borough of Havering, The main responsibilities of the post:

1. Act as a Case manager to a defined caseload of service users.

2. Participate on the local Borough AMHP rota system.

3. Provide care within the Recovery Model of practice maintaining service users within their own environment in the community.

4. Deliver high quality care and provide solutions to service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.

5. Supervising junior colleagues, newly qualified staff, and students.

6. Travelling within the local area to visit allocated service users.

7. Carry out high quality assessments, using person-centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for service users and carers.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team using evidence-based approaches in the delivery of interventions. The candidate will also have the resilience and positivity to work with a challenging but also very rewarding client group This includes care coordinating a caseload of service users.

Please note, the contract for this position will provided by the London Borough of Havering

Please refer to the link below for more details

Adult Social Care | The London Borough Of Havering

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received., We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

The applicant should show a willingness to work unsocial hours when necessary and be able to provide high levels of emotional support to staff, service users and carers.

London Borough of Havering and NELFT fully promotes professional/personal training and development, monthly supervision, CPD, annual appraisal, audit, research, and work-based Quality Improvement and innovation. There is the opportunity to supervise and support students.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.

• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.

• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.

• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].