Mental Health Social Worker

NHS; Torquay; Vor Ort; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous holiday entitlement

Staff discounts

Career development and training

Employee support - 24-hour helpline

Zusammenfassung

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Social Worker to join an integrated Mental Health Team. You will provide appropriate interventions to people with severe and enduring mental health needs and their networks, helping them meet daily health, social care and well-being goals.

Experience in community settings, assessment and care management is required. We welcome applications from newly qualified Social Workers (Band 5 AYSE) and accept full or part-time hours.

Qualifikationen

• Experience working with people with mental health needs.
• Experience in a community setting supporting independent living.
• Assessment and care management experience.

Aufgaben

• Act with professionalism and integrity, being a role model and promoting equal opportunity.
• Provide a service tailored to individual needs and responsive to patients' requirements.
• Practice guided by principles: intervene only when necessary, people know best, not defined by difficulties.
• Deliver high-quality customer service complying with legislation and NHS Employment standards.
• Foster a no-blame culture and encourage learning from experiences together.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues inside and outside the department.
• Continuously seek to deliver greater value to customers.

Kenntnisse

Mental health experience

Community work

Assessment

Care planning

Jobbeschreibung

A unique opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic and driven individual.

As a Social Worker in an integrated Mental Health Team you will make a difference by providing appropriate and effective interventions to people with severe and enduring mental health needs, and those in their networks, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well-being needs, in line with personal recovery goals.

You will need to have experience of working with people who have mental health problems. Experience of working in a community setting in relation to supporting people to achieve and sustain independent living. Assessment and care management experience. You will need to organise and manage a complex workload and work in partnership with a wide range of individuals and agencies.

Our philosophy is 'together we can make things better', if this aligns with your ambition, passion and beliefs, we will welcome an application from you.

Full or part time hours considered.

New Qualified Social Worker Band 5 AYSE, will also be considered for the position.

Main duties of the job

• To act with professionalism and integrity, being a role model to those around us and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity.
• To provide a service that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and to understand what our patients/clients need and be adaptable and responsive
• Professional practice should be informed by the following principles:
• We should not intervene unless really necessary
• People probably know best what they need
• People are not defined by their difficulties
• People have a right to live without fear or harm.
• To provide a high quality customer service which complies with relevant legislation and NHS Employment check standards.
• To be honest and learn from mistakes, and help to create a "no-blame" culture were people feel able to share and learn from experiences together.
• To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication, and working collaboratively with colleagues inside and out of the department.
• Acknowledge that you need to continually deliver greater value to customers.
• Be honest about your biggest challenges and create a culture of curiosity and openness.
• Make a deliberate effort to connect with strangers from different walks of life and invite them to share their ideas.
• Embrace challenges as an opportunity to learn constructively about ways of improving our services
• Help to develop and foster a learning environment where feedback is welcomed and valued

Working for our organisation

We are a small but supportive team who are passionate about delivering quality care to patients. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance.

We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, and are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. We are flexible and promote a healthy work/home life balance therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay.

Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Staff Discounts
• Career development and training opportunities
• Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our Torbay and South Devon Team.

Why work with us - Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park.

Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• An understanding of the Mental Health Act/ Mental.
• Capacity Act requirements Sound understanding of Care Act 2014 and related code of practice
• Experience of working within Adult social care.
• Experience or understanding of working within
  mental health service provision.