Lead Social Worker - Essex

St Andrew's Healthcare; Northampton; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

St Andrew's Healthcare is seeking a Lead Social Worker to advocate for individuals with complex mental health needs. This role involves leading a team, ensuring high-quality service delivery, and working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will possess a recognized Social Work Qualification and experience in mental health legislation, with opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Pension

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme

Access to vocational qualifications

Onsite gym and swimming pool facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in Mental Health and Mental Capacity Legislation.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Experience in safeguarding investigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Essex Social Care team and oversee service delivery.
• Provide clinical and management supervision to social workers.
• Develop social work roles and ensure compliance with legislation.

Skills

Advocacy

Leadership

Mental Health Legislation

Safeguarding

Education

Recognised Social Work Qualification

Job description

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Do you want to make a real difference advocating for people with complex mental health needs within a hospital setting?

Lead Social Worker

Location: North Benfleet, Essex

Starting Salary: £53,782 - £56,480

Hours: full time

12 month fixed term contract

About Us

We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.

We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.

Come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives.

Your role with us

You will be part of the leadership team within the Division and a key contributor to the operational and strategic direction of the division and the social care team.

We’re looking to recruit an experienced Social Worker to lead our Essex Social Care team and ensure the delivery of professional advice, supervision and support to the team. You will undertake on-going review of the delivery of the social work services and service needs to ensure we are delivering the best possible outcomes to patients within our care.

You will hold a protected case load, including complex and high risk individuals. You will develop and define social work roles and tasks, policies and procedures for St Andrew’s Healthcare and set good practice standards benchmarked against Professional Capabilities Framework and Social Work England guidance and incorporate up to date legislation and guidance into practice.

You will provide clinical and management supervision to the social workers and social care assistants and lead regular social work team meetings providing professional expertise and positive role modelling.

As part of the divisional management team you will take an active part in service strategy, governance and management meetings by analysing & providing performance data and ensuring quality assurance activity is in place.

You will support the social care to manage safeguarding incidents and referrals which adhere to local safeguarding board procedures and are within statutory timescales.

You will monitor the quality and administration of paperwork and computer records in line with St Andrew’s Healthcare current policies and will be working in partnership with outside agencies, organisations, patients and carers/families.

You will work in partnership with our multi-disciplinary teams (including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Nursing and other Allied Health Professions) to provide holistic individualised treatment plans, and work directly with our patients on their recovery journey. Taking the lead with carer engagement and involvement ensuring that families are part of the team. You will become an expert in mental health legislation and practice, giving evidence at Tribunals and taking the lead on safeguarding.

You will have a recognised Social Work Qualification and ideally experience of working in Mental Health and Mental Capacity Legislation; as well as Safeguarding Adults Legislation and practice, to include the undertaking of safeguarding investigations.

St Andrew’s Healthcare Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England and there will be opportunities for training to ensure ongoing registration. In addition, there will be regular clinical supervision, an annual performance review and opportunities for development to stay up to date with the latest research, trends and best practices in psychiatric social work.

As a Charity with a focus on Education, Research and Training, we offer access to ASYE, Practice Educator course, Social Work forums, and have strong links with the University of Northampton and local teaching partnerships.

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 33 after 10 years' service; Buy and Sell your Annual Leave; Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme; Menopause Group; Life cover; Electric car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Free parking; onsite gym and swimming pool facilities; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications.

Interested?

If this sounds like you then we’d love you to apply here.

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  Hospitals and Health Care, Non-profit Organizations, and Mental Health Care

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