Mental Health Social Worker

Sanctuary Personnel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 31,576 - 52,627; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Registration fee paid

Performance-based progression

32 days annual leave + holidays

Reflective supervision

Job summary

You will manage a caseload, engage in supervision, conduct assessments within statutory frameworks, and work with residents, families and carers to promote independence and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with eligibility to register.
• Experience in statutory social care or health settings.
• Strong assessment, planning and review skills.
• Registration with Social Work England or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Engage in supervision and reflect on practice to guide decisions.
• Manage a reasonable caseload and communicate workload challenges.
• Conduct needs and risk assessments using strengths-based, person‑centred approach.
• Work in partnership with residents, families and carers to support independence.

Skills

Social work

Case management

Assessment

Collaboration

Education

Social Work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Mental Health Team to work Full Time based in Wandsworth.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £52,627 per annum.

Main duties

• To engage and fully participate in supervision and to apply critical reflection and analysis to inform professional decisions. To ensure risks are discussed with your line manager to gain direction, advice and support with practice.
• To effectively manage a reasonable caseload appropriate to the level of experience and to maintain adequate throughput of work. To discuss any challenges with caseload management with your line manager in a timely way to access any necessary support with prioritisation.
• To be professionally curious when undertaking effective assessments of individual and carer needs and risks within statutory frameworks, using a strengths‑based, person‑centred approach to ensure they are focused on outcomes.
• To work directly in partnership with residents, their families and carers to enable them to maintain their independence and wellbeing, cope with change, attain outcomes they want and need, understand and manage risk, and participate in the life of their communities.
• To provide advice and information to residents and carers ensuring that the assessment, care and support plans, information about charging and other information regarding service provision is communicated in a timely way.
• To monitor implementation of packages of care and ensure support plans, including funding arrangements for any services, are thoroughly reviewed to meet needs and risks in accordance with statutory requirements and Council policy and deliver highest quality of service and best value.
• To take responsibility for consistent, accurate, clear and timely case recording. To ensure that confidentiality is maintained, and that information is shared with resident, service providers and other agencies (health) in accordance with the Department's data protection and information sharing requirements.
• To hold a caseload of higher‑level complexity and to be able to conduct legally compliant assessments in a wide range of challenging contexts, cope with difficult conversations and be highly resilient.
• To advise and support managers on the relevant matters affecting the service and to contribute as required to change programmes within the service.
• To work in ways that develops good working relations and collaborative arrangements with internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

• Payment of Social Work England registration fee
• Performance related salary progression scheme
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays (40 paid days in total)
• Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
• Bespoke Personal Development Plans
• Amazing fully funded training opportunities and career pathways including - Practice Educator; Leadership and Management; Best Interest Assessor; Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP); Social Work Apprenticeships; Coaching and Mentoring and Adults Safeguarding at Risk.
• Access to Research in Practice membership and Institute of Leadership and Management resources
• We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if this is something you'd like to explore.

Requirements of this Social Worker role

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Substantial post‑qualification experience of working in a statutory social care or health setting undertaking effective social care assessments and reviews and developing care and support plans that deliver personalised, integrated care and support that helps people to maintain their independence and attain the outcomes they want.
• Registered or eligible for registration.