Senior Social Worker Practitioner ( AMPH)

London Borough of Merton; London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a committed and progressive team as a Senior Social Worker Practitioner at the London Borough of Merton. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the lives of older adults while benefiting from supportive colleagues and numerous professional development opportunities. With a focus on dignity and independence, your expertise will play a vital role in shaping social care within the community.

Benefits

Flexible working

Employee support programs

Wellbeing activities

Active staff networks

Qualifications

• Approved Mental Health Professional status preferred.
• Experience in Older People Mental Health care.
• Ability to develop Care and Support Plans.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to maintain their independence and improve quality of life.
• Utilize knowledge of psychological changes in aging to inform practice.
• Work collaboratively with partners to provide tailored care.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

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We are interested in hearing from Older People Mental Health Social Workers who are Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), or ready to progress to this next step in their mental health career.

Social Care is special here

Come and work in a supportive environment at Merton Council, where you’ll do a social care role that matters in a place where you matter.

Merton Council is focused on prevention, and we work closely with our partners to enable people to live fulfilling and meaningful lives in their homes for longer.

The Council has maintained partnership agreement with South West London and St Georges, Mental Health Trust, following disaggregation from the Section 75, National Health Service Act. And the role requires partnership working, offering shared Care and support, to Merton residents, as needed .

About The Role

Everyone deserves to live with dignity and your invaluable role will change people's lives for the better every day.

We're here to help people live meaningful lives in Merton.

Our ‘social care roles/staff’ do important jobs, and we’re focused on looking after you so you can look after others.

Our people stay because we have a great culture, and staff tell us their colleagues are the best thing about working here.

Our ideal candidate

• You'll work in a great team with knowledgeable, supportive managers and lots of recognition and reward.
• You'll support people to live well in Merton, to maintain their independence, stay at home and improve their safety and quality of life.
  
  

This could be through connecting people socially in their communities, adding adjustments such as handrails or receiving care at home.

• You are empowered to help people make the best decisions about their care.
• The candidate will be able to use their knowledge and experience of physiological changes that take place in older age and impact mental and physical wellbeing to inform their practice. As well as having opportunity to use their understanding of different functional mental illness, to develop Care and Support Plans which hold personalisation as the central consideration
  
  

A career in social care at Merton Council

• These are social work roles with great career progression and lots of learning and development opportunities.
• You will have access to a range of resources, platforms and programmes including: Care Knowledge, the Adult Social Care -Development Academy, and the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership.
• Following a pay and benefits review, we now have one of the most progressive offers in outer London. We offer flexible working, employee support, wellbeing activities and active staff networks.
• We have great transport links including our tram, making it an easy commute from surrounding boroughs, and central London in just 25 minutes.
  
  

We’re a borough on the rise, with big plans for the future and we want you to join us.

Bring your ideas, passion and energy and help us put Merton on the map.

With roles to suit everyone, find your future in Merton.

Get more information about working in adult social care in Merton. [https://www.merton.gov.uk/jobs/adult-social-care]

Get more information about our family friendly and flexible benefits. [https://www.merton.gov.uk/jobs/working-us]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

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