Senior Mental Health Social Worker

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people\’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Job overview

Senior Mental Health Social Worker

Hybrid working, and a warm welcome accompany this opportunity to work creatively with Young People and their families within the Community based Youth Team in Kings Lynn, West Norfolk. We are a multi-disciplinary team promoting positive Mental Health and providing treatment interventions for Young People aged 14 to 25 years. The role is for a fixed period of 12 months, 30.00 hours per week to cover maternity leave.

We strive to be dynamic and creative and are dedicated Mental Health Professionals, focussing on the needs of Young People providing a needs-led approach. We are seeking like-minded clinicians to work alongside us in supporting Young Peoples Wellbeing and Mental Health.

This a great opportunity to learn, grow and develop in a supportive environment within a fantastic team dedicated to offering great care. If this sounds like the role for you and you would like to come on this exciting journey with us, then please do not hesitate to apply

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to support young people to reach their goals and be able to demonstrate the following qualities required for the role, these are, experience, passion, resilience, empathy, great communication skills and an ability to be flexible and manage risk.

Duties will include, but not exclusive to:

• Triage of new referrals
• Conducting Assessments
• Supporting and being part of the Duty system within the Team
• Individual Caseload holding and management
• Delivering evidenced based mental health treatment interventions to young people both on a one-to-one basis and in group settings both face to face and using online mediums such as Attend Anywhere, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Multi-agency working; including working alongside families, acute hospital, primary care sector, social care, education and voluntary services
• Active contribution in team meetings and reflective sessions so that the team can learn, grow, and improve the service we provide

Working for our organisation

Within the Youth Team we pride ourselves on the care we give to both our service users and each other. You will find a positive and supportive environment with a strong team ethic. Our goals are to provide great care with great outcomes where we challenge ourselves to grow both individually as clinicians and collectively as a team, so that we can better meet the needs of the young people.

On a wider scale there are many other benefits to working for NSFT as an organisation, some of which are:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service

• NHS discounts and many more

• NHS pension

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job can vary from day to day with no two days being the same. For us as a team to provide the best possible care that we can, it requires us to work together as a unit, to support each other, and to help each other grow and learn.

It is a challenging role but one that can also bring so many rewards. There is no greater moment than when you see a young person turn their life around and thrive, knowing that you played a part in facilitating that growth that has helped them to change

It can often be a difficult path to get to that moment with some young people and this is why the role requires great skills of communication, empathy, patience, strength, tenacity to name just a few. The mental health needs that we treat are wide and varied and each individual service user brings their own unique life story with them and this is something we have to respect and work in collaboration with them on.

Given the global pandemic and changes in working practices that we have all had to adopt, the team has embraced new ways of working which has both been a challenge but also enabled us to innovate. Hybrid working with some of the week being from home and other times at our base is encouraged especially where it meets the needs of the service users and enables the clinician to deliver effective interventions

We pride ourselves on looking after our staff and it is vital that we strike the right balance between working hard and achieving great results and establishing a good work life balance.

The job role will be varied so it is difficult to say exactly what it will be day to day which is in itself exciting. At times it will challenge you, inspire you, possibly frustrate you but ultimately it will be something you will not regret. We have a great team, full of passionate individuals who make a brilliant collective group, and if you feel that this is where you want to be then please do not hesitate to apply for this post and come and join us on our journey and make a difference in young peoples lives.

Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria

• The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively
• Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act

Skills
Essential criteria

• Competent assessment skills
• Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills

Desirable criteria

• Prevention of Management of Suicide training

Experience
Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
• Demonstrable experience in assessment of mental health

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in the specific area

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with the relevant Professional registration
• Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)

Desirable criteria

• Recognised Leadership/Management training

Other
Essential criteria

• Ability to travel independently

YOUR APPLICATION

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.