Mental Health In-patient Social Worker Job Vacancy in South Tyneside, England, UK

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Mental Health In-patient Social WorkerLocation:East and North Older People Service’sStarting Salary:£33,820 with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £37,261 per annum plus relocation package, £1,000 welcome payment & lease car* terms applyHours:37 hours per weekContract:Permanent

Diversity:We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Job Duties:

We have an exciting opportunity to join the East and North Herts Older Peoples Service in a specialist role to support discharges from mental health in-patient units.

Your role will be to work in a Multi-Disciplinary team to assess social care needs for individuals diagnosed with an Organic mental health condition. You will have good knowledge of the Care Act and relevant legislation including the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act. You will attend Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings for individuals and attend multi-disciplinary meetings on the wards.

We promote personalisation through our new assessment process focusing on the wellbeing of the individual and strength-based approach. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by offering personal budgets to enable people to direct their own support.

We have bases at Farnham House, Stevenage and County Hall, Hertford however we encourage working flexibly with the benefit of a laptop and smart phone so that you have the option of working at home or at one of our touchdowns across the area.

The post requires you to be a Registered Social Worker and essential car user.

Working for Hertfordshire County Council you will receive a generous annual leave entitlement plus paid bank holidays. As a qualified Social Worker you also benefit from an additional 5 days paid annual leave pro rata. We offer a comprehensive induction and training programme, career progression opportunities and Local Government Pension Scheme.

If you have any informal queries about this post please contact Sarah Mason via email onsarah.mason@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Applications will be considered as and when received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The post requires you to be a Registered Social Worker

Experience

Essential

• You will have good knowledge of the Care Act and relevant legislation including the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).