Advanced Practitioner (Social Worker/Mental Health Officer)

Falkirk Council; Falkirk; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Falkirk Council is seeking a Qualified Social Worker for its Integrated Community Mental Health Team. This full-time position involves supporting individuals with severe mental health difficulties, working closely with a dedicated team in a flexible, dynamic environment. The successful candidate will showcase strong relational practice skills and emotional intelligence while contributing to the development of best practices.

Benefits

Flexible and home working policy

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with severe mental health conditions.
• Ability to manage a complex caseload and statutory responsibilities.
• Evidence of mentoring and supporting team practice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outcome-focused assessments and manage care packages.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team including healthcare professionals.
• Support improvements in practice and contribute to team development.

Skills

Relational practice skills

Emotional intelligence

Chairing meetings

Education

Qualified Social Worker with Mental Health Officer accreditation

Job description

Location: Social Work Mental Health Team Woodlands Resource Centre Falkirk Community Hospital, FK1 5SU

Salary: £44,815 - £48,480 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week

Work From Home: Hybrid

Job Advert

In Falkirk we are proud and passionate about the work we do. We are proud to have a workforce with values that promote human rights, social justice and professional integrity. We recognise the importance of diversity within our organisation that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome practitioners to work in a dynamic environment with a forward-thinking workforce, who are determined to make a positive difference for people accessing services and living in our communities who experience severe and enduring mental health difficulties. Trauma informed and a strengths based social work approach sits at the heart of our practice. We are committed to continuing to develop a culture where all our workforce feels valued, included and able to be their best at work. This supports our mission to be recognised as a learning organisation promotingopenness and creativity across the workforce.

This post is available within our Integrated Community Mental Health Team. The post is for Qualified Social Workers with Mental Health Officer accreditation, and you must be registered with SSSC.

You will be managed by the Team Leader supported by two Assistant Team Managers. Individual professional supervision will be from an Assistant Team Manager based within the service and you will be employed by Falkirk Council Health and Social Care Partnership as we work in partnership with health colleagues in Forth Valley NHS affording excellent opportunities for joint and integrated working. You will therefore work closely with colleagues from disciplines within the Integrated Community Mental Health Team including Community Psychiatric Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Mental Health staff based within psychiatric wards. There is also an expectation that you will link with Social Work Community Care Locality Teams, Children & Families and Justice Teams in addition to multi-disciplinary working with Housing, Police Scotland and third-sector services.

You will be expected to have experience of working with service users who are experiencing mental health difficulties and hold a caseload which will involve complexity and risk. This will require good personal and professional values, strong relational practice skills and emotional intelligence. The postholders will be expected to work with adults with severe and enduring mental illness, their families and carers to carry out outcome focused assessments and statutory work as per service demand. This will include arranging, managing and reviewing packages of care to meet assessed needs in addition to statutory responsibilities under relevant legislation relating to mental health, incapacity and adult protection. The postholder will also be expected to contribute to improvements in practice, policy and procedure and support developments, including training, through contribution of advanced knowledge and skills. The purpose of the position of Advanced Practitioner is also to be a role model and, through mentoring, support the delivery of competent and confident professional practice within the Integrated Community Mental Health Team.

The post is based within Woodlands Resource Centre Falkirk however, you may be required to work from any other Falkirk Council premises, and you must have the ability to travel as per service demand.

You will be required to evidence the following criteria at interview: Experience of chairing meetings, evidence where you have supported team practice and development and examples of mentoring, facilitating student placements, groups or communities of practice.

The post is permanent full-time and Falkirk Council promote a flexible and home working policy.

The successful candidate will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership.

For an informal discussion please contact Charlene Watson/Roslyn Henderson on [phone].