Social Worker

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Borehamwood is seeking a highly skilled Children and Young People’s Social Worker to join CYPMHS South Hertfordshire. You will undertake comprehensive assessments, coordinate care, and provide evidence-based interventions within a multidisciplinary team.

The post is a full-time, permanent role (37.5 hours per week) with responsibilities including safeguarding, clinical supervision, and contributing to service development in children

Qualifications

• Qualification in one of the following and current full professional registration as relevant to the specific profession.
• Social work with valid Social Work England registration.
• Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice.
• Evidence of CPD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver highly specialist, evidence-based interventions for children, young people, and their families, drawing upon a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment approaches.
• Provide timely, accessible, and person-centred services through clinic-based and community outreach models.
• Offer highly specialist advice, consultation, and formulation-based guidance to colleagues and partner agencies, working autonomously within guidelines.
• Care coordinate a caseload of service users, undertaking highly specialist assessments and delivering integrated packages of care.
• Contribute to the continued development of social work practice within the service, including supervision to colleagues and professionals.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Time management

Leadership

Education

Social work degree

Job description

Site Borehamwood Civic Office and/or Watford Peace Centre Town Borehamwood Salary £41,957 - £50,387 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 27/09/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

CYPMHS South Hertfordshire is seeking to recruit a highly skilled and motivated Children and Young People's Social Worker with an appropriate professional qualification and relevant experience to join our multidisciplinary team.
This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) offered on a permanent basis.
The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality care and will make a significant contribution to the clinical and social work provision within the team. The post holder will actively participate in referral screening and allocation processes, undertake comprehensive assessments, provide evidence-based interventions, coordinate care, manage risk, and promote the safeguarding of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. The role also includes contributing to multidisciplinary case discussions and service development activities.
In addition, the post holder will provide consultation, advice, and supervision to colleagues, students, and professionals within partner agencies and services.

Main duties of the job

• To develop and deliver highly specialist, evidence-based interventions for children, young people, and their families, drawing upon a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment approaches.
• To provide timely, accessible, and person-centred services through both clinic-based and community outreach models.
• To offer highly specialist advice, consultation, and formulation-based guidance to colleagues and partner agencies, working autonomously within professional and organisational guidelines.
• To care coordinate a caseload of service users, undertaking highly specialist assessments and delivering integrated packages of care.
• To contribute to the continued development of social work practice within the service, including the provision of supervision to social work colleagues and professionals from other disciplines.
• To actively participate in clinical supervision, appraisal processes, and continuing professional development activities to maintain and enhance professional competence.
• To chair and attend multidisciplinary team meetings and provide appropriate clinical and professional input to decision-making processes.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues across HPFT and partner organisations, providing specialist social work consultation to support the early identification, assessment, and management of mental health difficulties, neurodevelopmental conditions, and associated risks.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will take responsibility for making a significant contribution to the clinical social work provision within CYPMHS South Hertfordshire. This will include active participation in referral processes, assessment, treatment planning and delivery, risk management, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, care coordination, and contributing to multidisciplinary case discussions and service-related meetings.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide consultation and advice to colleagues, students, and professionals working across partner services. They will support the ongoing development of social work practice within the team and contribute to service improvement initiatives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care that meets the needs of children, young people, and their families.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Training

• Qualification in one of the following and current full professional registration as relevant to the specific profession
• Social work with valid Social Work England registration.
• Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
• Evidence of CPD

Experience and Knowledge

• Post qualification experience in a CYPMHS team or related area, or several years’ experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
• Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches especially in relation to trauma and attachment
• Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship/practice education and staff support methods and teaching and training
• Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children and adolescents.
• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.

Skills and Ability

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Ability to chair meetings effectively
• Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families.
• Positive problem-solving approach
• Effective Time management

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application promptly.