Social Worker Assistant

Elysium Healthcare; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Social Worker Assistant to support individuals with mental health conditions. In this role, you will perform assessments, assist with budgeting, and liaise with external agencies. The ideal candidate has knowledge of the Mental Health Act and excellent communication skills. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a salary of £25,936 and generous leave options, contributing to a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Annual salary of £25,936

33 days annual leave including bank holidays

Career development opportunities

Access to Rewards & Benefits platform

Wellbeing support

Life Assurance

Instant access to earned wages

Qualifications

• Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Care Act 2014.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work in a team and use your own initiative.
• Computer literacy and administrative skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assessments with service users.
• Liaise with external agencies to facilitate individual outcomes.
• Assist service users in managing budgeting.
• Maintain accurate records.

Skills

Understanding of Mental Health Act 1983

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Resilience

Computer literacy

Administrative skills

Job description

The Social Worker Assistant role at Elysium Healthcare in Newark provides an opportunity to work with a supportive team in supporting people with a range of mental health conditions. The role involves assisting with assessments, liaising with external agencies, and promoting adult safeguarding.

Main duties of the job

As a Social Worker Assistant, you will be responsible for carrying out assessments with service users, corresponding and liaising with external agencies, assisting service users in understanding and managing their personal budgeting and financial arrangements, and maintaining accurate records. You will have an understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Care Act 2014, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a team and use your own initiative.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is a leading provider of mental health, neurological, learning disabilities, and autism services across England and Wales. With over 8,000 employees and a global network, Elysium Healthcare offers opportunities for growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking to step into the world of social care where helping some of the most vulnerable people in society is your passion? Then join The Farndon Unitin Newarkas a Social Worker Assistant.

Working 37.5 hours a week, You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with arange of Mental Healthconditions.

Reporting to a Registered Social Worker, you will liaise with service users families/significant others as you gather information to assist in carrying out assessments and social circumstances reports to support service users to identify the best outcomes for their health and wellbeing.

From supporting service users health progression to promoting their independence, you will correspond and liaise with external agencies to facilitate and progress arrangements to meet service users set outcomes.

You will be responsible for accompanying service users on community leave and will support them in understanding and managing their personal budgeting and financial arrangements.

As a Social Worker Assistant, you will promote adult safeguarding throughout the service, this will see you refer any safeguarding issues to a Social Worker/TDT and the Adult Safeguarding Team.

At Elysium a range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations.

As a Social Worker Assistant you will be:

• Carrying out assessments with service users as directed identifying the best and most appropriate outcomes for the individual
• Corresponding and liaising with external agencies at the request of and on behalf of service users, to facilitate and progress arrangements to meet their individual outcomes (e.g. Housing, Health)
• Assisting service users in understanding and managing their personal budgeting and financial arrangements
• Having a understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983/Care Act 2014
• Maintaining timely and accurate records on relevant systems
• To aid and support the Social Worker role as required
• Community Meeting support
• Assist with the gathering of information for Social Circumstances reports and social work assessments.
• Complete and Maintain Visitor Records/Paperwork
• Cover meetings/telephone calls/patient interviews when Social Worker is not available.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• To have an understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983/Care Act 2014
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• An understanding of the needs of different client groups
• The ability to work in a team and also use your own initiative
• Resilience, to cope with difficult situations
• Computer literacy and administrative skills

Where you will be working:

Location:Farndon Rd, Newark NG24 4SW

The Farndon Unit is a purpose-built hospital which provides services across low secure, rehabilitation and acute inpatient settings for women with Mental Health and personality disorder diagnoses.

Our combination of low secure wards and a rehabilitation ward area (also within the low secure perimeter) provide a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation prior to discharge. Our on-site facilities include large and attractive en-suite bedrooms, disabled facilities, secure courtyard and garden, patient café, gym, salon, and activity hall.

What You’ll Get:

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Annual base salary of £25,936
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you'll need to have an understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Care Act 2014, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, an understanding of the needs of different client groups, the ability to work in a team and use your own initiative, resilience to cope with difficult situations, and computer literacy and administrative skills.

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.