Senior Social Worker

Job summary

It is an exciting time to join EPUT as we continue to develop treatment pathways, new processes and therapeutic provisions to meet the needs of our clients with a diagnosis or traits of personality disorder.

Them Personality Disorder and Complex Needs team has been established to support this client group across usual service boundaries. We are able to provide continuity of care, support successful engagement with locality services through work with colleagues and clients. The holistic Social Work perspective is recognised as a vital provision for this client group who often experience difficulties with relationships and community involvement.

The successful candidate will have experience working with this client group; able to handle a caseload providing specialist assessments and treatment packages, in liaison with locality colleagues. You will have clinical autonomy supported appropriately by the MDT and supervision.

You will either be a qualified AMP or willing to commit to this training.

The PD&CN MDT has established a 'Multi-Agency Forum' in localities across the Trust.

You will support the MAF by participating with Trust colleagues and wider agency partners in developing integrated formulations, treatment planning and robust 'joined up' working relationships for the benefit of client care.

You will provide training, supervision, reflective practice to Trust colleagues and agency partners as appropriate. You will support the KUF training programme.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be supported with supervision in the MDT but also open to join a group of social workers across the Trust and Social Care Services for expert professional supervision. CPD is encouraged.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate experience working with clients with a diagnosis of EUPD. This includes relevant theoretical understanding of EUPD, trauma and the ability to work with this distress within the therapeutic relationship.

The post holder needs to be flexible, interested in a post that is varied. The Social Worker is involved in developing formulations with clients and families, recommending packages of care including accommodation arrangements, have a solid working knowledge of the MCA, provide support for colleagues in locality teams and as appropriate support the 'AMP Hub'. You will be involved in securing appropriate placements and accommodation for complex clients. You will work jointly with PD&CN colleagues to provide training and participating in locality 'MAF' amongst other duties.

The successful candidate will either be a qualified AMP or commit to pursue training.

The PD&CN MDT takes a lead on providing training to enhance skills, reduce stigma and develop trauma informed care. You will take an active part in delivering training programmes including Knowledge Understanding Framework. Do you have experiences with this or the commitment to undertake this training 'in-house' leading to ability to deliver the KUF programme.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

Season Ticket Loans
NHS discounts for staff
Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The landscape of mental health provision is changing and EPUT is committed to working with partners and all colleagues in developing an outstanding service. EPUT is moving forward on culture change; embracing the value of trauma informed care. The PD&CN team is a leader in the transformation and delivery of trauma informed care.

This post is embedded in the PD&CN team. This is a multi-professional team including psychologists, psychotherapists, a social worker, psychosocial nurse and assistant psychologists support. The Service User Network is an aspect of the provision and brings an exciting dimension to our work. This post offers varied opportunities to use social work theory, practice and your skills to support this agenda. You will be encouraged to provide training, supervision, reflective practice to Trust and partnership agency colleagues, as appropriate.

You will join a team of colleagues all with a commitment to the continued development services that is responsive to client need, is trauma informed. The post holder will work with colleagues to support the engagement of clients and families or care givers as appropriate in formulation and treatment planning

The successful post holder will need to demonstrate their ability to be client focused, understand what is meant by trauma informed care, use this and their social work perspective in clinical thinking and interactions with colleagues, carers and other stakeholders at all times.

This is an exciting and diverse role that will enable the continued development of the successful candidate. It is a senior position, the post holder will support the management and continued development of the service. The work pattern is hybrid, in negotiation with the team manager.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification
Essential

Possession of recognised Social Work Qualification - Degree in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent

Knowledge
Essential

Multi-disciplinary Social Care experience within multi-disciplinary team - relevant to people with mental health difficulties.
Awareness of government guidance and legislation changed across a broad range of NHS and Social Care.

Desirable

A variety of experiences working with people with mental health difficulties.

Skills/Experience
Essential

Deals effectively with complex interfamilial and interagency problems and develops solutions.
Negotiates and implements effective plans for support, enablement, prevention, protection and monitoring, within department/government targets.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is 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.