Mental Health Social Worker, Mental Health/Recovery Team - Bath - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking a full-time Mental Health Social Worker to join their Mental Health/Recovery Team in Bath. The role involves managing a caseload of clients with mental health needs, conducting assessments, and coordinating care packages. Candidates must hold a social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England. Competitive salary up to £36,073 per annum.

Qualifications

• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of individuals referred into secondary mental health services.
• Complete comprehensive individual needs assessments.
• Co-ordinate appropriate care and support packages.

Education

A Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Mental Health Social Worker, Mental Health/Recovery Team – Sanctuary Personnel has a new permanent position available for a Mental Health Social Worker within the Mental Health/Recovery Team to work Full Time based in Bath. The salary for this permanent Mental Health Social Worker job is up to £36,073 per annum.

Responsibilities

• To work as a social worker/care coordinator in managing a caseload of individuals referred into secondary mental health services for support with their mental health needs.
• To complete comprehensive individual needs assessment based on a strengths based approach and recovery principles.
• To co-ordinate appropriate care and support packages of care with clear recovery outcomes. To be accountable for ensuring that the packages are appropriate to the person’s needs and are regularly reviewed.
• To complete or participate in the assessment of risk, and to produce appropriate risk management strategies.
• To lead and participate in the review and evaluation of packages of care and support.
• To liaise with other health and social care professionals, organisations and agencies, including carers and family, housing, probation service, benefits and welfare agencies etc.
• To maintain case records and general administration related to the caseload in line with department guidance and procedures. To work and understand single case file records.
• To ensure that legal literacy and a rights based approach is at the forefront of their work.
• To undertake on occasions the supervision of other health or social care workers, including student supervision.
• To fully participate in the shared responsibilities and tasks of the team/service, including duty systems and service input, and to participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and assessment clinics.
• If an AMHP to participate in the AMHP duty rota and where not an AMHP to be prepared to undertake the training to become so.
• To participate in the team/service and departments staff development programmes and the promotion of specialist skills.
• To carry out such other duties as are required as are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Requirements

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact

This Mental Health Social Worker role is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This has contributed to winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards and being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.