Forensic Social Worker - Community Senior Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker who is experienced in, or has an interest in, Forensic Social Work.

East London NHS Foundation Trust provides the regional forensic mental health service covering the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, City of London, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. The Community Forensic team covers all of those boroughs and you will be expected to travel at times across different boroughs. There are office spaces you can work from in each of the boroughs.

The service meets the specialist needs of mentally disordered offenders, the majority of whom were admitted via the criminal justice system. The Community Forensic Social Work Team provides social supervision to service users who have been conditionally discharged, as well as renewal of CTO's within the team and a comprehensive social care service.

Applications from experienced mental health social workers and from those with transferable skills will be considered.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing a comprehensive social work service to the inpatients on your caseload.

You will actively contribute the social care perspective to forensic risk assessment and care planning.

You will carry out statutory functions such as preparing reports for the ministry of justice, social circumstance reports, attending tribunals, and will lead on safeguarding concerns.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Social workers in ELFT work across a range of settings including Adult and Older Person's Mental Health, Forensic, Crisis and CAMH's Services and increasingly in Primary Care settings.

There are social workers in various management posts across ELFT including a Director of Social Work and a Learning and Development Lead for Social Work.

Wherever the base, ELFT values the skills and contribution of social workers and encourages them to maintain the requirements of their professional registration and will uphold the values and practice of Social Work across the organisation.

We want social workers to feel valued and supported in ELFT and to promote and support social work as a profession.

We will offer you:

-Training and development opportunities specific to social work including ASYE, AMHP training and PE training
-Social work professional supervision
-Social work forums and seminars
-A voice in the organisation and recognition of the skills and values you bring
-The opportunity to progress through the organisation as a social worker in a senior role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Person Specification

Essential
-Current SWE registration
-Substantial post-qualifying experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems
-CQSW, DipSW or equivalent social work qualification
-Qualified AMHP

Desirable
-Experience of line management of junior staff
-Experience of service development

Essential
-Qualified AMHP