Bhsct Senior Social Work Practitioner Mdt Band 7
Belfast Health And Social Care Trust
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Résumé du poste
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust seeks a Primary Care Social Worker: Senior Practitioner (Band 7) to join GP practice teams in West Belfast. You will deliver social work assessments, lead on social determinants of health, and work within multidisciplinary primary care settings to promote holistic wellbeing.
The post involves community-facing work, providing expert input on social well-being, risk assessment, and resilience-building, with supervision of social work assistants and
Qualifications
- Hold a professional Social Work qualification (Degree, Dip SW, CQSW or equivalent).
- Hold current NISCC registration or be eligible for immediate registration.
- Minimum five years post-qualifying social work experience at band 6 or equivalent.
Responsabilités
- Provide social work assessments and interventions in primary care teams.
- Use social prescribing and develop group-work interventions where appropriate.
- Provide line management and supervision for social work assistants in the primary care team.
- Advise MDT colleagues on pathways and thresholds for intervention across Trust services.
- Contribute to strategic planning and resource development for population health.
Connaissances
Formation
Description du poste
Advertised role location: BALLYOWEN HEALTH CENTRE
Official document: Band 7 Senior Social Work Practitioner MDT September 2026 (docx)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post: Primary Care Social Worker: Senior Practitioner
Grade: Band 7
Directorate: Adults Community and Older People
Reports to: Social Work Lead for Primary Care Social Work
Location: Belfast GP practices
Hours: 37.5 hours. This post will require some flexibility in working hours depending on the needs of individual service users and local communities.
The post holder will provide the social work role in multi-disciplinary primary care teams based in GP practices. Primary care multi-disciplinary teams are a new service aimed at enhancing the services available to people at primary care level. These teams are intended to deliver the vision set out in Delivering Together of an increased emphasis on a holistic model of health and wellbeing which includes physical, mental and social wellbeing with a greater focus on prevention and early intervention.
The social worker in these teams will contribute social work relationship-based, person-centred and systems focused assessments and interventions to the work of the team. The social workers will concentrate on the social determinants of health and well‑being and will tackle health and social inequalities by resilience and resource building with individuals, groups and communities. The post holder will be community facing and will use social work community development approaches. The post holder will also know and understand Trust services and will provide advice and guidance to other multi-disciplinary team members on Trust pathways and Trust thresholds for intervention. The post holders will be generic social workers and will work primarily with people who are not eligible for or availing of Trust services.
Provide individual time-limited social work assessments and interventions as necessary. Provide expert input in areas of social well-being and social determinants of health such as poverty, loneliness, adverse childhood experiences, social relationships and meaningful activities.
Support service users to identify, shape and manage their own health and well-being needs using a strengths‑based approach. Support service users to develop resilience.
Support service users to keep safe and well. Assess risk for service users as appropriate and take appropriate action.
Use social prescribing as appropriate to support access to community based resources.
Develop and deliver group-work interventions as appropriate.
Develop and maintain an understanding of local factors affecting health and well‑being.
Develop and maintain a detailed knowledge of community resources available in the local area.
Develop and maintain a knowledge of and links with Trust services.
Provide advice and guidance to primary care multi-disciplinary team colleagues about the full range of Trust pathways for social work and social care and support.
Provide advice and guidance to primary care multi-disciplinary team colleagues about thresholds for Trust services, including risk thresholds for child and adult safeguarding.
Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings in primary care and necessary management meetings within Trusts.
Work in co‑production with the local community and other stakeholders to support and grow community capacity and resources that meets the needs of the local population.
Inform and assist senior Trust management and other agency management in strategic planning for population health and well‑being.
Provide representation on any appropriate fora in relation to community well‑being and development.
Provide line management and supervision for social work assistants working in the primary care team multi-disciplinary team.
Collate and provide necessary information for the purposes of planning, reporting information and audit.
Allocate, manage and monitor a seed funding budget to provide small grants to the local community and voluntary sector.
Manage and monitor budgets including the requisitioning and use of goods and services and meeting contract compliance requirements.
Participate in a programme of formal and informal supervision and training and take responsibility for your own personal and professional development in line with NISCC professional registration standards.
Maintain appropriate records in line with Trust policies for the service. Ensure that all service user and service information is maintained, updated, stored and disposed of in keeping with the requirements of the service and all legislative and regulatory requirements.
Deputise for the Operations Manager as appropriate.
Employees of the Trust will be required to promote and support the mission and vision of the service for which they are responsible.
Develop and maintain good communication with all levels of management and build partnerships with the wider HPSS, NHS and external organizations in the promotion of the Trust.
Carry out their duties and responsibilities in compliance with health and safety policy and statutory regulations.
Participate in the grievance and disciplinary processes as required.
Promote equality of opportunity through his/her own actions and ensure this policy is adhered to by staff for whom he/she has responsibility.
The Code sets out the standards of conduct expected of all staff in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and presents standards of conduct and behaviours required during and after employment with the Trust. Professional staff are expected to follow the code of conduct for their own professions as well as this code.
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is committed to providing the highest possible quality of service to all patients, clients and community through supporting and contributing to Trust quality initiatives. Employees are expected at all times to provide a caring service and to treat those with whom they come into contact in a courteous and respectful manner.
Staff members are expected to involve patients, clients, carers and the wider community were relevant, in developing, planning and delivering our services in a meaningful and effective way, as part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to Personal and Public Involvement (PPI).
Please use the link below to access the PPI standards leaflet for further information.
http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/PPI_leaflet.pdf
Employees must at all times abide by Trust policies and procedures and the terms of their contract of employment. They must conduct themselves with impartiality, integrity, objectivity and honesty and maintain high standards of personal and professional accountability.
Employees are expected to demonstrate commitment to the Trust by ensuring regular attendance at work and efficient completion of duties.
Employees must ensure that they comply with any risk management responsibilities specific to their post, and as set out in the Trust’s Risk Management Strategy.
The Trust is committed to the development and implementation of systems under Integrated Governance to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of services provided. Employees will be expected to co‑operate and work with such systems.
All employees of the Trust are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the Trust including patient/client, corporate and administrative records whether paper based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant with the Trust’s policy and procedures on records management and to seek advice if in doubt.
All information concerning patients and staff must be held in the strictest confidence and may not be divulged to any unauthorized person.
Employees must ensure that equality and human rights issues are addressed within the post holder’s area of responsibility in accordance with the Trust’s Equality Scheme.
Employees should note that under Health & Safety at Work Legislation they are required to take all reasonable steps while at work to ensure their own health and safety and the health and safety of those who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
The Trust operates policies on smoking, alcohol and health.
The Trust promotes a culture of cleanliness and has adopted a partnership and collaborative approach that recognises cleanliness as the responsibility of everyone, cascading throughout every level of the organisation.
The Trust operates a zero tolerance policy to preventable healthcare associated infections and the post holder is required to comply with all extant infection prevention policies, guidelines, protocols and procedures.
The duties and responsibilities outlined in the above job description are not intended to be definitive nor restrictive, and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the Trust.
Title of Post: Primary Care (MDT) Social Work: Senior Practitioner (Band 7)
Directorate: Adults, Community and Older People’s Directorate
Location: GP Practices West Belfast
Date: September 2026
Factor
Criteria
Method of Assessment
Registration
Experience & Qualifications
Hold a professional Social Work qualification (Degree, Dip SW, CQSW or equivalent)
Hold current registration with the NISCC on the Social Work part of the register or be eligible for immediate registration within a reasonable timescale prior to taking up the post.
Have a minimum of five years post-qualifying social work experience at band 6 or equivalent.
Be able to demonstrate examples of active involvement in service improvement initiatives.
Must be able to demonstrate examples of taking the initiative to achieve change.
Have experience in working with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
Shortlisting by Application Form
Other
Must hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post
Knowledge of relevant statutory responsibilities and of the organisational and policy framework within which they are carried out.
Candidates should evidence that they are working towards or have achieved their specialist post qualifying award and/or their strategic leadership award.
Ability to provide effective leadership to a team.
Ability to effectively manage resources including a delegated budget.
Effective planning and organisational skills with an ability to prioritise workload.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to meet the requirements of the post in full.
Ability to identify solutions to problems and ensure implementation.
Demonstrate a commitment to the provision of high quality and safe services with an ability to drive a culture of quality improvement.
Additional Experience
Experience of community development work
Interview
The Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
On appointment 27 days plus 10 public holidays
After 5 years service 29 days plus 10 public holidays
After 10 years service 33 days plus 10 public holidays
The Trust offers a wide range of Human Resource Policies to underpin the value that is placed on our staff such as a range of Work Life Balance/Flexible Working Policies; Child Care Voucher Scheme etc. Further information is available on Trust website.
The Trust recognises and values the diversity of its workforce and the population it serves and is committed to a working environment free from intimidation of any kind. Through a systematic and objective recruitment and selection process the Trust is committed to ensuring that appointment decisions are taken solely on the basis of merit.
Whilst employees will be expected to portray all the values, particular attention is drawn to the following values for this role
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