Social Worker Intermediate Care Team

Connect2Hampshire; Colden Common; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

9 day working fortnight

Personal assistant back office support

Hybrid tablet device

5 personal development days per year

Access to permanent vacancies

Flexible working options

Job summary

Connect2Hampshire is seeking an Intermediate Care Social Worker for a 3-month temporary assignment. You will support hospital discharge planning for adults with mental health needs, working with families and partner agencies to enable safe community living. The role is hybrid, with meetings in Winchester once a week.

Applicants must have MH and discharge process experience and a strong strengths-based approach to social care. This agency role is exclusive to Connect2Hampshire.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering social care within mental health and hospital discharge contexts.
• Experience working with adults in strengths-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Support MH hospital discharges across Hampshire and Surrey borders.
• Collaborate with service users, families and partner agencies to promote safe, independent living.
• Work in a hybrid model with weekly in-person meetings in Winchester.

Skills

Social work

Job description

Intermediate Care Social Worker

Pay: 38.00 per hour

Job Title: Intermediate Care Social Worker

Service Area: Mental Health

Location: Hybrid working, meeting once a week in Winchester

Contract: Temporary - 3 Months

Our Intermediate Care Team forms part of the Younger Adults Service. We work countywide alongside the Community Mental Health and Substance Misuse Social Care Teams and the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service. Our team, including AMHPs and Best Interest Assessors (BIAs), provides a unique breadth of expertise, enabling us to support with diverse and complex needs, focusing on:

• Enabling effective hospital discharge for individuals in Mental Health Hospital
• settings, ensuring complex needs and risks are assessed and care planned
• Transition from Children's Services/CAMHs to Adult Mental Health Social Care
• Review of section 117 care needs in partnership with our health colleagues, with a focus on creative, strengths-based interventions which improve the outcomes for the people who use our service.

Your role

• As an innovative and committed Social Worker, you'll be passionate about working with adults in a strengths-based way.
• You'll collaborate with the people who use our service, their families and our partner agencies, to proactively encourage independent and safe living within the community.
• You will be Supporting MH hospital discharges across Hampshire and Surrey Boarders
• Need experience in MH and hospital discharge processes.

This is a hybrid working role, where you are expected to meet in Winchester once a week

This role is only available via Connect2hampshire as an agency

Benefits

• A 9 day working fortnight
• A personal assistant, who will provide crucial back office support to free up your time to focus on professional practice.
• A hybrid tablet device, so you can work more effectively and flexibly.
• 5 personal development days per annum.
• Access to permanent vacancies as they are released.
• Flexible working options to fit around today's lifestyle
• 38.00 per hour (umbrella rate) for Qualified Social Worker

About Us

Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.