Social Worker

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is offering a part-time Social Worker position in Cheltenham. The role involves supporting adults with severe mental illness, care coordination, and ensuring quality outcomes in line with recovery and social inclusion principles. Interested candidates must have a Social Work qualification and experience in the field.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Experience working with adults with enduring mental health problems.
• Sound evidence-based knowledge of severe and enduring mental illness management.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Collaboration with agencies

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Knowledge of Recovery principles

Understanding of Mental Health Act

Education

Social Work qualification

Evidence of continued professional development

Evidence of Assessed and Supported Year in Employment

Tools

ECDL

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Social Worker

The closing date is 22 June 2025

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.

About us

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.

Job 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 peoples 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)

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum (pro rata)