Social Worker

The service is designed to provide an integrated model of social care that promotes a positive experience for service users and carers across the whole service. LPFT have a Section 75 agreement under the National Health Service Act (2006) where Lincolnshire County Council have devolved their assessment and care management duties to LPFT.

Social work in the Trust is delivered through a Community Social Care Resource where social care staff are aligned to the integrated community teams but are managed and supervised from within the social care resource. Three distinct Social Work teams exist covering the East, West and South of the county respectively. Each team has a Team Manager and managers are expected to work closely in order to provide a consistent service across the county.

As a service we hold quarterly social work development days to assist with continued professional development.

Peer supervision groups meet on a regular basis and one to one regular social work led management supervision will be provided

Main duties of the job
As a social worker you will develop your core skills towards becoming a more competent practitioner within a specialist service through the guidance of the National and Local competency frameworks

To participate in and provide management, leadership and supervision for more junior staff

To contribute positively to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team work

Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care.

To engage with service users and their families/carers, developing therapeutic relationships, and providing evidence-based, psychosocial interventions in a variety of settings'

Promote service user and carer involvement; ensuring choices are embedded into the philosophy of care.

Empower people to identify and address specific needs in relation to their health and well being

Ensure social work perspectives and values are supported and represented within the multidisciplinary approach.

Keep up to date with current practices and issues in Mental Health and Social Work.

Assess complex health and well being needs, develop, monitor and review care and support plans to meet specific needs.

About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visitbeinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Organise own time and prioritise service user care in accordance with need

Work independently but with regular support as appropriate from the team extending to the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Promote and maintain effective verbal and non verbal communication with individuals and their families/carers, utilising creative engagement techniques, and taking into account developmental stage and cultural differences.

Undertake initial and ongoing risk assessments, utilising standardized tools, in order to develop accurat

To work effectively and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team through establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with team members.

To display effective, appropriate verbal, non verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present information, provide training and educational materials, and formal reports as required, whilst adhering to Trust policy. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust policy, and input data into information systems within agreed time scales, in accordance with data protection, Freedom of Information Act 1999, and other relevant Trust policies.

Establish and maintain links with a variety of statutory and non-statutory providers, including the formation of multi-agency forums

Requires keyboard skills for inputting into various systems.

Requires the ability to be independently mobile and able to travel across South Lincolnshire in a timely manner.

Person Specification

Experience
Essential

Post-qualifying experience in mental health
Knowledge of mental health issues and legislation relating to mental health
Experience in carrying out comprehensive mental health and risk assessments and providing subsequent psychosocial interventions
Experience of own caseload management
Experience of supervision and training of junior, learners and unqualified staff

Qualifications
Essential

Social Work Qualification, eg: C.S.S., C.Q.S.W., Dip/SW, Degree in Social Work or equivalent qualification in Social Work.
Currently registered with HCPC
Willingness to undertake Approved Mental Health Professional training and work.
Willingness to undertake Practice teacher training and work.
PQ Consolidation module or equivalent.

Desirable

Approved Mental Health Professional
Management/Leadership training
Special Requirements

Essential

Ability to travel independently throughout the county without the use of public transport

Skills
Essential

An understanding of the social perspective on mental illness
Possesses good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
Demonstrates a reflective and self-critical approach to clinical work
Excellent engagement skills through assertive outreach principles

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.