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 tofulfil your duties, as well as regular supervision and appraisal.

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

Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the post:

- Act as a Case manager to a defined caseload of service users.
- Participate on the local Borough AMHP rota system.
- Provide care within the Recovery Model of practice maintaining service users within their own environment in the community.
- Deliver high quality care and provide solutions to service users with severe and enduring mental health problems.
- Supervising junior colleagues, newly qualified staff, and students.
- Travelling within the local area to visit allocated service users.
- 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***

Adult Social Care | The London Borough Of Havering

About us
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.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

Qualified Social Worker with current registration (Social Work England)
Evidence of appropriate CPD
Ability to apply appropriate legislation to work practice
Effective communication skills: written, verbal and listening

Desirable

Hold a current drivers licence and have a car available for work
Experience of adult safeguarding/protection work

Knowledge
Essential

An awareness of NHS Plan and clinical governance priorities
Social inclusion
Recovery Model
Working knowledge of mental Health act 1983, Care Act 2014
Risk assessment and management
Confidentiality
MDT framework
Working in collaboration with other agencies

Experience
Essential

Working in an environment that promotes service users' involvement.
Working with seriously mental Ill
Crisis resolution
Clinical assessment of physical, psychological, and social care
Working with service users who maybe abusive, threatening and displaying antisocial behaviour
Forensic cases
Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
Managing self-harm
Substance misuse
Child protection issues
Adult safeguarding

Desirable

Post registration / qualification
Managing staff conflict and difficulties

Skills
Essential

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
Keyboard skills
Ability to prioritise key tasks and target intervention.
Excellent verbal and written communication
Ability to communicate complex information to other professionals.
Positive interpersonal skills
Negotiating and motivational skills
Crisis resolution and management skills
Decision making
Problem solving /solution focused.
Good Time management

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.