Social Worker

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS); Grantham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Grantham is looking for a dedicated Social Worker to contribute positively to a multi-disciplinary team. The role emphasizes engaging with service users and their families, ensuring evidence-based practice, and promoting mental health. This permanent full-time position offers training and flexible working options. Join a diverse team committed to providing excellent care and support.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Wide range of training opportunities

Support for diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Hold a social work degree and be registered with the relevant regulatory body.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience in mental health and social work settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to multi-disciplinary teamwork.
• Assess health and well-being needs.
• Engage with service users and develop therapeutic relationships.
• Promote service user and carer involvement in care.
• Keep up to date with current mental health practices.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Evidence-based practice

Therapeutic relationship development

Service user engagement

Mental health knowledge

Education

Social Work Degree

Job description

The service is designed to provide an integrated model of social care that promotes a positive experience for service users and carers across the whole service. LPFT have a Section 75 agreement under the National Health Service Act (2006) where Lincolnshire County Council have devolved their assessment and care management duties to LPFT.

Social work in the Trust is delivered through a Community Social Care Resource where social care staff are aligned to the integrated community teams but are managed and supervised from within the social care resource. Three distinct Social Work teams exist covering the East, West and South of the county respectively. Each team has a Team Manager and managers are expected to work closely in order to provide a consistent service across the county.

As a service we hold quarterly social work development days to assist with continued professional development. Peer supervision groups meet on a regular basis and one to one regular social work led management supervision will be provided

The post is permanent, Full Time 37.5 hours per week. As a social worker you will develop your core skills towards becoming a more competent practitioner within a specialist service through the guidance of the National and Local competency frameworks.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Contributing positively to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teamwork
• Ensuring evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care
• Engaging with service users and their families/carers, developing therapeutic relationships, and providing evidence-based, psychosocial interventions in a variety of settings
• Promoting service user and carer involvement; ensuring choices are embedded into the philosophy of care
• Empowering people to identify and address specific needs in relation to their health and well being
• Ensuring social work perspectives and values are supported and represented within the multidisciplinary approach
• Keeping up to date with current practices and issues in Mental Health and Social Work
• Assessing health and well being needs, developing, monitoring and reviewing care and support plans to meet specific needs

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Equal Employment Opportunity: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

For further details or informal visits, please contact: Clare Ashton, Team Manager, [e-mail], 07917215090