Senior Social Worker (Approved Mental Health Professionals)

NHS; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Social Worker (AMHP) to join enforcement within community mental health teams. Responsibilities include guiding interventions, carrying out assessments, and maintaining compliance with policy. Ideal candidates will have a professional social work qualification and experience in mental health. The role offers a competitive salary range of £45,750 to £56,043 and various benefits including generous leave and hybrid working opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Hybrid working opportunities

Local government pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Interest-free loans for season tickets

Qualifications

• Registered professional social work qualification required.
• Experience of assessing the social care needs of adults with mental health needs.
• Understanding of local government policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Guide intervention with service users, families, and carers.
• Complete assessments and care plans for adults with social care needs.
• Ensure compliance with the Council's policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication

Assessment of social care needs

Experience in Safeguarding

Team collaboration

Pressure management

Education

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) qualification

Registered Social Worker qualification

Job description

Senior Social Worker (Approved Mental Health Professionals)

• East Intensive Case Management in Psychosis (ICMP) Community Mental Health Team 35 hours per week
• West Intensive Case Management in Psychosis (ICMP) Community Mental Health Team 35 hours per week
• Older Adults (OAMH) Community Mental Health Team 35 hours per week
• Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Community Mental Health Team 17.5 hours per week
• Oxleas House Mental Health Unit (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) & Home Treatment Team 35 hours per week

Main duties of the job

• Use their social care knowledge and skills to guide intervention with service users, families, and carers.
• Undertake care act assessments, support planning and reviews under the Care Act 2014.
• Undertake the AMHP role on behalf of the local authority and participate in the Greenwich Central AMHP Team borough wide AMHP rota (pro rata).
• Undertake and provide consultation and support on Safeguarding Adults and Children procedures and to act as a Safeguarding Adults Manager, Enquiry Officer, MARAC Representative and Think Family Champion (where appropriate).
• Undertake work with individuals and their families, to develop and maintain self-help, improve problem solving and coping capabilities towards improved health and wellbeing.
• Participate in Section 117 discharge and care planning processes and meetings.
• Promote and undertake interagency collaboration and networking with the local authority, housing, third sector organisations, voluntary agencies, and community networks in order to mobilise resources.
• Complete statutory documentation and reports within the required time scales.
• Assess the needs of groups who are difficult to engage or those from excluded groups (i.e. nil recourse, drugs/alcohol).
• Undertake mandatory and relevant training to maintain their social care practice, knowledge, and skills.

For these roles you must hold:

• A registered professional social work qualification
• Registration with Social Work England
• This role will require an Enhanced DBS check

About us

Want to work in an innovative learning organisation? Looking to develop your experience in community mental health?

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your career. Our extensive benefits include: a generous annual leave entitlement of up to 31 days annual leave (plusbank holidays). Hybrid working opportunities tosupportyour wellbeing and work-life balance. Local government pension scheme which offers death in service benefits and ill health retirement provisions. Career development through internal and external training opportunities. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) tosupportyour health and wellbeing.Inclusiveand social working environment with a variety of staff networks, employee recognition schemes and charitable giving schemes.Interest-free loans for season tickets and bikes, childcare vouchers, personal mobile, computer and leisure discounts, Greenwich One Card entitling you to discounts at local businesses.

At Royal Greenwich, we value our Social Workers and support them to ensure they have the resources and environment they need to make a real difference. We are keen to appointenthusiasticSenior Social Workers/Approved Mental Health Professionals whoshareour vision in the development of a centre of excellence.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible to ... The Team Manager ... for:

i) Carrying out the roles and functions of an Experienced Social Worker, as outlined in the Knowledge & Skills Statements for Social Workers in Adults Services and underpinned by the Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Workers.

ii) Maintaining the basis for continued registration with the appropriate regulatory body for Social Workers.

iii) Ensuring that all work complies with Council policies and procedures and that statutory obligations are met.

iv) The quality and prioritisation of your own work, following direction from your Line Manager, and for alerting your Line Manager at the earliest opportunity to any case issues, caseload issues, safeguarding concerns, practice issues, issues of unaddressed risk that will adversely impact the health and wellbeing of an individual or their carer, or issues that may impact the good reputation of the department or the local authority.

v) The adoption of own good practice and performance standards with respect to the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework and Knowledge and Skills Statements, adherence to Directorate policies, procedures, statutory responsibilities and agreed performance targets.

vi) Undertaking all duties with due regard to the provisions of health and safety regulations and legislation, Data protection/GDPR, the Councils Equal Opportunities and Customer Care policies, and the New Technology agreement.

vii) Undertaking any other work appropriate to the level and general nature of the posts duties.

Manages up to 3 ...directly managed staff.

Manages up to 0 ...indirectly managed consultancy/contracting staff.

Main Duties:

1) To complete assessments and care and support plans and to review care and support plans for Adults with social care needs; to enable people to experience personalised, integrated care, and support them to maintain their independence and wellbeing, cope with change, attain the outcomes they want and need, understand and manage risk, and participate in the life of their communities.

2) To work creatively with Adults, their families and carers, and collaboratively with other professionals, in a range of settings, using person-centred principles, evidence-based practice, appropriate social work methods and models, and a good understanding of risk assessment and positive risk taking and making best use of available resources, to enable people to have better lives, whilst ensuring that individual rights are upheld.

3) To enable access to advice, support and services to adults and families to facilitate a wide range of practical and emotional support as required, using an extensive knowledge of social care legislation, best practice, current policies and procedures, as well as local and national resources.

4) To take responsibility for complex cases, using practice evidence and research to inform complex judgements and decision-making and be proactive in identifying issues and recommending actions needed to support, empower and protect adults and their families.

5) To ensure the safeguarding of adults and children at risk from abuse, neglect or exploitation by ensuring all concerns are raised with a Safeguarding Adults manager and by carrying out detailed safeguarding adults enquiries/assessments/reviews in line with current legislation, policy and best practice.

6) To be responsible for maintaining and promoting your own knowledge of social care legislation, guidance, best practice as well as local and national resources, and take a lead role in sustaining a learning culture within the organisation.

7) To maintain an awareness of your own professional limitations and knowledge gaps and seek advice and expertise where required to ensure safe and effective practice.

8) Contribute to, and take a lead role in the development of new initiatives, practice development, service improvement, policy and planning within teams and across agencies.

9) To contribute to the learning of others and to provide consultation, guidance, modelling and support the learning of good practice to colleagues within the council as well as external organisations as appropriate to grade, skills, knowledge and responsibilities, as directed by your Line Manager.

10) To follow and to promote best practice and local guidance in recording and documenting your activities, electronically and using other mediums, with especial emphasis on recording details pertaining to individuals.

11) To supervise, mentor, observe in practice, monitor and allocate work to staff and students and advise upon and direct the further development of their practice and workload management.

12) To lead on specific areas of work including giving presentations internally and externally and represent the department, appropriate to experience and grade as directed by Line Manager.

13) Where necessary for the job role or appropriate for continued development in the role, the post holder may be required to participate in training and development courses made available via the Councils Apprentice Levy funding.

Designation of the Post to which the Post-Holder normally reports to: Team Manager

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

• This post is eligible for a DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 or as prescribed in the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) regulations. A DBS enhanced with barred list check is an essential requirement for this role
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Experience of assessing the social care needs of adults with mental health needs including undertaking Safeguarding enquiries
• Experience of supervising staff or students
• Understanding of and commitment to the Councils equal opportunities policies and ability to put into practice in the context of this post
• Ability to assess and to address social care needs, using a range of information gathering and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals, organisations and members of the public
• Experience of working under pressure, meeting both priorities and performance targets

Experience

• Experience of assessing the social care needs of adults with mental health needs including undertaking Safeguarding enquiries
• Experience of supervising staff or students
• Knowledge of the principles of best value and quality assurance
• Experience of working under pressure, meeting both priorities and performance targets

Qualifications

• Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) qualification (In accordance with the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007) and AMHP Regulations 2008 and significant/current experience of Mental Health Act work. Significant knowledge of adult social care legislation, principles and best practice.
• The continued basis for registration as a Social Worker with the relevant regulatory body.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£45,750 to £56,043 a yearAMHP Allowance and 10% MSA Allowance