Social Worker

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a qualified Social Worker. The role involves providing assessment and recovery-focused care to adults with mental health challenges while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should be registered with Social Work England and possess the ability to analyze complex information and involve service users in their care. This position emphasizes choice, control, and independence for service users.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience with mental health difficulties required.
• Ability to analyze complex information related to service users.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality social care services to adults experiencing mental ill-health.
• Deliver assessment, care planning, and interventions.
• Involve service users and carers in learning from experiences.

Skills

Registered with Social Work England

Experience in mental health settings

Ability to provide recovery-focused care

Strong assessment skills

Exceptional communication

Education

Social Work degree or equivalent

Job description

All Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England.

The Enhanced Primary Mental Health Service (EPMHS) provide a multidisciplinary service to those with moderate and severe mental health difficulties in primary care. There is a focus on psychological provision for those who do not meet criteria for Adult Community Mental Health Services or the NHS Talking Therapies Teams. Service users present with multiple social stressors and we are looking for a social worker to develop this role and and take the lead working directly with those with more complex difficulties, providing supervision to support staff providing social care to service users and providing advice to the wider MDT on social care matters.

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. The core functions of the role will be to provide assessment, care planning and interventions (which may require co‑ordination of care) from a social perspective to adults accessing the service. You will delivery recovery‑focused care and support to service users and their carers that is focused on the principles of choice, control, and independence, as well as ensuring safety. You will act as a champion of social care and safeguarding in your locality.

The postholder will assess needs and outcomes and analyse a wide range of information in relation to service users and carers. They will ensure that complex information is analysed, and recommendations made, for which there is professional accountability. They will involve service users and carers to enable us to learn from their experiences. The postholder may be asked to undertake surveys and audits within their locality and contribute to trust‑wide surveys when required.

The post holder will hold a key role in providing social care assessments and commissioned packages of care, and will ensure that your practice ensures the service is meeting its statutory social care functions as described in the Care Act 2014.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are 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.

About Us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust

Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk... https://www.hertsnhsgreattogether.co.uk/

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Corrin Smith
Job title: Service Manager PCMHS
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07814352281

Name: Adrienne Coward
Email: [e-mail]