Senior Social Worker

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; St Albans; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership training

High cost allowance

Holiday entitlement: 27 days rising to

NHS Pension

Health & wellbeing services

Special leave

Car lease scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is recruiting a Senior Social Worker to join the North West Hertfordshire Adult Community Mental Health Service on an 18-month fixed-term contract. The role focuses on leading social care within the new pathway, conducting complex assessments and co-designing care with individuals and families.

You will supervise the social care team, manage Care Act assessments, and collaborate with partners to achieve positive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be professionally registered.
• Full driving licence and access to a car for business use.

Responsibilities

• Promote and lead the social care agenda in line with personalisation principles.
• Carry out complex assessments of need, plan and deliver services and review outcomes with individuals and carers.
• Ensure team practice is responsive, inclusive and community-based with focus on outcomes.
• Supervise social care staff and support the wider team.
• Manage Care Act assessments and reviews of packages of care.
• Collaborate with community partners to meet needs.

Skills

Case management

Assessment

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work

Job description

We have a vacancy for an Senior Social Worker to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in North West Hertfordshire -Please note this vacancy is a fixed term contract for 18 months only. This contract covers a limited term project to support the implementation of the new Social Care Pathway in North West Adult Community Mental Health Services., The successful candidate will:

• promote and lead the social care agenda, acting in accordance with the principles of personalisation, working to promote wellbeing, and enabling individual's rights to choice and control
• carry out complex assessments of need, plan and deliver services and review outcomes with the individual, their personal support networks and support providers
• ensure practice within the team is responsive, inclusive and community based with a clear focus on outcomes and bring your professional expertise to your work with complex cases
• supervise the social care staff within the team and support the wider team with social care
• manage the provision of assessments under the Care Act 2014 and the reviews of packages of care
• work collaboratively with community partners to ensure individuals and families are supported and their needs are met
• act as a champion and leader of social care within the locality/quadrant
• be professionally registered.

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.

This role covers the St. Albans community mental health team. You must hold a full valid driving license and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout