Social Worker

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join their multi-disciplinary team in Borehamwood. The role involves providing high-quality social care services to adults experiencing mental ill-health and requires registration with Social Work England. Responsibilities include assessment, care planning, and delivering recovery-focused support to service users and their families. This position offers the chance to contribute to community health services within an 'Outstanding' rated trust.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience in providing assessments and care plans.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide social care assessments to adults accessing services.
• Deliver recovery-focused support to service users and carers.
• Involve service users in care planning and outcomes assessments.

Skills

Registered with Social Work England

Assessment and care planning

Recovery-focused care

Analysis of complex information

Championing social care

Job description

Eligibility

All Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England.

Role Overview

As a Social Worker, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing high-quality social care services to adults of all ages experiencing mental ill-health.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, care planning and interventions from a social perspective to adults accessing the service.
• Deliver recovery-focused care and support to service users and their carers, focused on the principles of choice, control, and independence while ensuring safety.
• Act as champion of social care and safeguarding in your locality.
• Assess needs and outcomes and analyse a wide range of information in relation to service users and carers.
• Ensure complex information is analysed and recommendations are made with professional accountability.
• Involve service users and carers to enable learning from their experiences.
• Undertake surveys and audits within your locality and contribute to trust-wide surveys as required.
• Provide social care assessments and commissioned packages of care, ensuring statutory social care functions are met as described in the Care Act 2014.

About the Trust

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

Our Family Of Over 4,000 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. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout.

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gillian Gunzo Job title: ACHMS Service Manager Email: [e-mail] Telephone: [phone]