Specialist Social Worker

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Social Worker to join our specialist team, delivering high-quality social work services within community, mental health or hospital setting. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference by supporting individuals on their recovery journey, promoting independence, social inclusion, and positive outcomes.

In this role, you will undertake person-led assessments, risk assessments, and support planning, ensuring services are delivered in line with legislation, policy, and professional standards. You will carry out statutory social care responsibilities, assess needs, and coordinate tailored social care packages and therapeutic interventions for individuals.

You will also play a key role in supporting conditionally discharged patients, acting as a Social Supervisor by providing effective monitoring, risk management, and reporting to the Secretary of State. There may also be opportunities to deputise for the Advanced Forensic Social Worker as required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated social worker who is passionate about recovery-focused practice and committed to delivering person-led care within a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Main duties of the job

Provide direct clinical care, ensuring systems monitor and support practice and performance.

Promote high standards of knowledge and understanding in Forensic Social Work.

Act autonomously and in conjunction with the wider MDT.

Provide support and supervision to colleagues in the Forensic Division.

Provide clinical advice and leadership appropriate to professional background.

Work with service users and carers to facilitate collaborative engagement in individual care pathways and service development.

Ensure patient safety, risk reduction/mitigation and competent practice in self and others.

Use clinical reasoning and decision-making to support person-centred care plans.

Exercise professional judgement to manage risk appropriately, particularly during complex and unpredictable events, working within the team to ensure safety of individuals, families and carers.

Act as advocate and role model, delivering care responsive to changing requirements.

Support service training programmes and stakeholder training events.

Provide clinical support to community consultancy, including discharge preparation, positively influencing practice to enhance quality of patient-centred care.

Participate in debriefs following incidents and support learning from incidents.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information with regards to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Qualifications, Education and Training

Essential
-Degree and current professional registration held with Social Work England
-Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate specialist level of practice
-Demonstrable experience of mentoring
-Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to the service area, e.g. Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion, Liberty Protection, Safeguards and other relevant legislation
-Full understanding/application of relevant practice/standards/audit within identified service area
-Standard IT skills

Desirable
-Accredited Practice Educator
-Best Interest Assessor
-Approved Mental Health Professional or willing to undertake AMHP training
-Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g postgraduate/masters level
-Leadership training/qualification/experience
-Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility

Knowledge and Experience

Essential
-Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the service area at specialist level
-Evidence of development of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
-Evidence of promoting/supporting active service user/carer involvement/participation
-Act as a Care Programme Approach (CPA) coordinator
-Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with vulnerable people

Desirable
-Development of specialist/advanced level of professional/practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
-Leadership/management experience which has led to positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
-Professional networking locally

Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities

Essential
-Able to demonstrate effective communication skills.
-Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
-Good time management skills
-Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
-Ability to commute between the various sites
-Able to demonstrate practical skills related to daily living
-Frequent exposure to emotional or distressing circumstances

Desirable
-Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
-Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead others