Social Worker

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a highly regarded mental health service as a Social Worker, working within a dedicated multi-disciplinary team providing care to young individuals aged 12-18 with complex mental health needs. This part-time role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact while being supported by a compassionate employer with excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Access to wellbeing tools

Discounts at popular retailers

Generous leave policies

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Skills in working with children and families having complex needs.
• Ability to provide social care perspective to service development.
• Experience in managing children at risk of abuse and neglect.

Responsibilities

• Work with children, young people and their families in complex need.
• Facilitate timely care and discharge planning.
• Offer expert advice and guidance on safeguarding children.

Skills

Compassion

Expertise in child protection

Multi-agency liaison

Job description

Do you want to work with young people and families and have transferable skills to work with complex mental health needs? We have an exciting opportunity for you to work for a Trust that is rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC.

We at CAMHS Phoenix are looking for a very enthusiastic, compassionate and proactive individual for the role of Social Worker, to join a very well-established multidisciplinary team.

Our service, based in CAMHS Phoenix on the Wokingham Community Hospital site, is a Tier 4, alternative to admission Day Hospital and Home treatment service, that provides evidence based psychiatric, nursing, and therapeutic interventions for young people between the age 12 – 18 years,presenting withsevere and complex mental health difficultiesassessed as requiring Tier 4 level care,includingwhere these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.

All young people who are accepted to the service will follow a structured programme, in line withrelevantNICE guidelines (for exampleanorexia nervosa, depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation).Interventions are delivered by a multi-disciplinary clinical team comprising of: Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologists, Nurses, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Dietitian, Family Therapist, Teaching staff, Support staff including Assistant Psychologists, Clinical Support Staff, Activity Co-ordinator, Administrators and Managerial Support.

This will be a part time role - 22.5 hours per week

• To work with children, young people and their families who receive a service from the CAMHS Hospital at Home Team and who have been assessed as being children and families in complex need.
• To provide an expert social care perspective to CAMHS service development, as required.
• To provide experience and expertise to ensure the effective management of children at risk of abuse and neglect.
• To facilitate timely care and discharge planning from the service for children with complex multi-agency support needs. This involves a high degree of liaison and discussions with colleagues from multiple social care teams and other departments alongside the local authority (Benefits dept for example).
• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with specific responsibility for child protection, welfare issues and safeguarding, offering direct intervention to children young people and families. This will include provision of advice, consultation and guidance to colleagues working with complex cases to define and promote social perspectives of need, and to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people.
• To work closely with the CAMHS Phoenix young people’ local social care teams for the purposes of information-sharing, consultation, and access to mental health services, carrying out joint assessments and intervention where appropriate to the needs of the child/young person.
  
  

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Majid Nazari Job title: CAMHS Phoenix Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07920767875