Social Worker

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Social Worker to join its community mental health service for Older People. You will assess patients in their homes, deliver holistic care, and work within a multidisciplinary team to meet statutory duties under the Care Act 2014.

You will provide direct care, perform risk assessments, and maintain up-to-date documentation within CPA frameworks, while supporting learners and participating in supervision and appraisal processes.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker (Social Work England).
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Evidence of portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care to a defined group of service users, most of whom will be in their own homes.
• Assessment of risks.
• Liaison with carers and other stakeholders.
• Liaison with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Adherence to team and Trust policies, as well as national guidelines and legislation.
• Support of learners.
• Participation in a duty and triaging system.
• Regular travel within Hackney and the City, and occasionally to neighbouring boroughs.
• Working within the CPA framework, ensuring that all documentation is up to date and in line with NMC and Trust guidelines.
• Participating in individual (and where available group) supervision and appraisal

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Autonomy

Prioritisation

Innovative practice

Self-management

Education

Registered Social Worker

CPD evidence

Portfolio

Job description

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit Social Workers to work in our service. The post-holder will work with a defined caseload of patients, most of whom will be in their own homes, providing direct, holistic assessment and care, in liaison with colleagues.

Social Workers within community mental health care for Older People are embedded within
the Mental Health Teams which requires them to deliver the statutory duties under the Care
Act 2014.
Social Workers will be working with members of the multidisciplinary team including Mental
Health Nurses, Doctors, Psychologists, Support Workers and Occupational Therapists.

Main duties of the job

• Provide direct patient care to a defined group of service users, most of whom will be in their own homes. This will include counselling, and assistance with achieving social inclusion. This may include patients detained in hospital as well as some subject to conditional discharge (such as S37/41)
• Assessment of risks
• Liaison with carers and other stakeholders
• Liaison with other members of the multi‑disciplinary team
• Adherence to team and Trust policies, as well as national guidelines and legislation
• Support of learners
• Participation in a duty and triaging system
• Regular travel within Hackney and the City, and occasionally to neighbouring boroughs
• Working within the CPA framework, ensuring that all documentation is up to date and in line with NMC and Trust guidelines
• Participating in individual (and where available group) supervision and appraisal

Working for our organisation

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached detailed job description and person specification outlining key skills, experience and knowledge for this role.

Person specification

Education / Qualification / Training

• Registered Social Worker (Social Work England)
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Evidence of portfolio.

Experience

• At least 18 months’ experience of working as a qualified Social Worker including relevant community experience.
• Experience of making full assessment under the Care Act and writing reports
• Experience of working as part of a multi-professional team
• Experience of working in a multi‑racial inner city area.
• Ability to engage with people holistically
• Ability to use Word and Excel

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to manage self and others.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to be innovative in daily practice.
• Ability to make autonomous decisions

Making Things Better

Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Our Community

We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Aiming High

East London NHS Foundation Trust has achieved its third consecutive ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission; the first Community and Mental Health Trust to achieve this rating for a third time. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.

Staff and Service Users United

We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.

We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

Diversity

ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

Other reasons to apply

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £8,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

AI in applications

If you use AI or other tools to assist in writing your job application, make sure you add your own personal touch especially in the supporting information section. AI can make writing easier, but it doesn’t fully understand the position you’re applying for and might generate false or misleading information. Applications written only by AI often sound generic and may not show your real skills, knowledge, or experience. It’s important to write your supporting statement in your own words. East London NHS Foundation Trust does not recommend relying only on AI, as it could negatively impact on your chance of success in the application process.

We carefully check applications to make sure no one has an unfair advantage, and we verify all references. At the interview, you’ll be asked about your experience, so be honest and ensure everything in your application is accurate. Please remember that using AI during the interview is not allowed.

Find us online at www.elft.nhs.uk | Find us on Facebook | Follow us on @NHS_ELFT

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.