Social Worker

NHS; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Join an outstanding team at CAMHS Phoenix, where you'll work as a part-time Social Worker supporting young people aged 12-18 with complex mental health needs. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll provide vital services that emphasize safety and well-being. We offer a supportive work environment along with flexible working and various benefits that enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' scheme

Discounts at retailers and restaurants

Generous leave policies

Free parking

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England required.
• Experience in mental health/multi-disciplinary setting is essential.
• Understanding of mental health needs for children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Work with children, young people, and families with complex needs.
• Provide expert social care perspective to service development.
• Ensure effective management of at-risk children.

Skills

High level communication skills

Ability to assess needs

Interpersonal skills

Education

CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification

Registered with Social Work England

One year post-qualifying experience

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 arelooking 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

Main duties of the job

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, asrequired.

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.

About us

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
• 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

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

Registered with Social Work England

Hold a full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes

Has experience of working within a mental health/multi-disciplinary setting and Has experience of child protection work

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Majid Nazari (CAMHS Phoenix Team Manager) on 07920767875 or email: [e-mail] who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification
• Registered with Social Work England
• Has one year's post-qualifying experience
• Has experience of working within a mental health/multi-disciplinary setting
• Has experience of child protection work
• Understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people and how these needs can be most effectively met
• Knowledge of Mental Health policy and legislation and how this impacts on young people within the CAMHS service

Previous Experience

• High level communication skills
• Able to communicate sensitive and potentially challenging information effectively and appropriately to children within the service and families/carers where there may be barriers to acceptance and a highly emotive context
• Ability to assess children and family's needs and develop effective care plans
• Ability to provide consultation and training to other professionals
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Can produce appropriate written work (letters, forms, reports etc) following statutory procedures, Trust policy and national practice guidance.
• Aptitude or willingness to train in order to produce word processing documents and operate computer information systems.
• Ability to work to timescales and comfortably cope in pressurised situations, applying practical problem solving skills in everyday and complex situations.
• Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases e.g. RiO, MS office and the internet). Good keyboard skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation, and reporting skills.
• Ability to work with partners to improve communication and care delivery across all agencies for these Children and Young People
• Is committed to working in partnership with parents.
• Can work in a busy, sometimes stressful environment, supported by a multi-disciplinary team.
• Is committed to ensuring that a child's welfare is paramount, and to taking necessary action to protect children.
• Is flexible and able to use initiative, whilst accepting the need to work within policies and procedures.
• Is open, creative, and willing to explore new ways of working
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships across teams and agencies.

Special Requirements

• Can travel to visit clients and attend meetings over a wide area and at short notice independently i.e. in car.
• Can offer flexibility in working hours ( for example evening visits when work cannot be completed at another time)
• Has pursued additional training or personal study of relevant subjects.

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.

CAMHS- T4 hospital at home service , Wokingham Hospital

£39,205 to £47,084 a yearper annum, pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

371-CFS501-A

Job locations

CAMHS- T4 hospital at home service , Wokingham Hospital