Social Worker

Transformationunitgm; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading organization is looking for a part-time Social Worker to join their dynamic Recovery Team in Cheltenham. The role involves care coordination for adults with severe mental illness, ensuring quality service delivery while adhering to legal requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in social work, experience with mental health issues, and a commitment to personalized care. Join a supportive team that values inclusivity and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with enduring mental health problems.
• Evidence of assessed and supported year in employment or completion of preceptorship programme.

Responsibilities

• Care coordinating a designated caseload.
• Arranging services to meet assessed needs of individuals.
• Undertaking statutory strengths-based assessments.

Skills

Social Work

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Social Work qualification

Evidence of continued professional development

Tools

Microsoft Office

ECDL

Job description

Main area Community Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (9 to 5 Monday to Friday - hours/days to be agreed) Job ref 327-25-398

Employer Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leckhampton Lodge Town Cheltenham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 30/05/2025 23:59

Social Worker

Band 6

Job overview

We are very excited to be able to offer a substantive Social Worker post within the Cheltenham & North Cotswold Recovery Team. The post is part time 30 hours per week; days/ hours can be negotiated and we are seeking an experienced Social Worker. The post would be based at Leckhampton Lodge, a community base for the recovery and other community teams to enable lots of helpful information/ skills/ knowledge sharing and positive interface working.

The Recovery Team is a friendly, welcoming and dynamic team providing secondary care services to adults of working age, their families and significant others, to provide the best possible outcomes for people experiencing severe mental illness, with complex mental health needs. The aim of the team is to work in line with the principles of Recovery and Social Inclusion. We strive to ensure that locality services represent excellent quality, (safe and a positive experience) and good value, (efficient and effective).

This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker who has some experience of working with adults of Working Age and caring for individuals with Enduring Mental Health problems.

Main duties of the job

The post will include care coordinating a designated caseload, working within CPA Policy and associated countywide risk procedures, travelling independently, use of IT skills and a working knowledge of legislation regarding safeguarding vulnerable adults, the MHA and MCA.

Social Work Specific:

• Arranging the provision or purchase of services to meet the assessed needs of individuals and their carers in more complex cases, whether within Gloucestershire or at a distance and to reassess in line with Care Act requirements.
• Undertake the statutory strengths based assessments to facilitate personalised provision of care and support.
• Working in accordance with statutory and legal requirements and offering specialist knowledge and consultation to the team on the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Human Rights Act, Housing Act and a range of social care policy issues including appropriate adult and property protection.
• Social Work provision within GHC Trust is currently undergoing service development to strengthen the Social Care management and service provision whilst maintaining integration alongside the development of a new Social Care Hub.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Social Work qualification registered with the appropriate professional body (Social Work England).
• Evidence of Assessed and Supported Year in Employment or Completion of preceptorship programme if less than 1 year experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Evidence of formal post registration learning

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working with Adults with enduring mental health problems. A sound evidenced based working knowledge of the management in the community of severe and enduring mental illness
• Working knowledge of Early Intervention, Primary Care, Recovery, Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment (CRHT) approach and social inclusion
• Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

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.