Senior Social Care Practitioner

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Social Care Practitioner to oversee social care assessments and support teams in adult mental health services. The role emphasizes high standards in practice and provides professional supervision. The ideal candidate should be a qualified Social Worker with leadership experience. The position offers great opportunities for career progression and competitive benefits.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid Social Work qualification.
• Experience in adult mental health services essential.
• Ability to provide professional supervision to teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee assessment and review for service users.
• Ensure high standards of social work practice.
• Provide professional supervision to the social work team.

Skills

Social work experience

Leadership skills

Assessment and review

Supervision

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Are you an experienced, qualified Social Worker seeking the next step?

We are currently seeking a Senior Social Care Practitioner. This is an excellent opportunity to progress your social work career, staying in frontline practice whilst developing management and leadership experience, and leading change within your organisation. You will undertake the role of a senior social worker and be responsible for ensuring statutory social care assessments and interventions are of a high quality. Providing practice learning opportunities of outstanding quality and to ensure social work trainees, newly qualified and qualified social work colleagues develop high quality social work practice.

You will ensure that the social perspective of mental health is front and centre of team's practice and you will promote this model within the integrated team .

The focus of this post is to work directly within the North and West AMHT to support, challenge and critically review the care processes which are connected to the funded Social Care packages. The post holder will be a champion for funded social care and all the associated process and practice based issues.

You Will Be Expected To

• Develop and oversee a programme of robust assessment and review for service users under the care of adult mental health services in receipt of social care services ensuring assessed needs are met in the most appropriate way.
• Maintain an overview of the use of all social care supported accommodation within Oxfordshire
• Maintain an overview of community support provision within Oxfordshire both within specialist mental health provision and within the wider community.
• Be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of social work practice and the efficient and effective use of resources
• Ensure that the needs of service users are met in accordance with the appropriate legal frameworks, providing advice and assistance to other teams where appropriate.
• Provide professional social work supervision to the social work team including ensuring professional development of colleagues. To ensure effective and robust line management.
  
  

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shabnam Akhter Job title: Social work manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07884 996920