Social Workers

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Social Workers to join our community mental health teams for Older People. You will manage a defined caseload, provide direct patient care in patients’ homes, and work within multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic assessments and care.

You will liaise with carers, adhere to national guidelines and CPA framework, and participate in supervision and appraisals. Regular travel within Hackney/City and nearby boroughs is required.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care to a defined group of service users, most of whom will be in their own homes.
• Assess risks and carry out holistic assessments.
• Liaise with carers and other stakeholders.
• Adhere to team and Trust policies, as well as national guidelines and legislation.
• Support of learners.
• Participation in a duty and triaging system.
• Regular travel within Hackney and the City, and occasionally to neighbouring boroughs.
• Working within the CPA framework, ensuring that all documentation is up to date and in line with NMC and Trust guidelines.
• Participating in individual (and where available group) supervision and appraisal.

Skills

Assessment skills

Liaison skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Care planning

Job description

We are seeking to recruit Social Workers to work in our service. The post-holder will work with a defined caseload of patients, most of whom will be in their own homes, providing direct, holistic assessment and care, in liaison with colleagues.

Social Workers within community mental health care for Older People are embedded within

the Mental Health Teams which requires them to deliver the statutory duties under the Care

Act 2014.

Social Workers will be working with members of the multidisciplinary team including Mental

Health Nurses, Doctors, Psychologists, Support Workers and Occupational Therapists.

Provide direct patient care to a defined group of service users, most of whom will be in their own homes. This will include counselling, and assistance with achieving social inclusion. This may include patients detained in hospital as well as some subject to conditional discharge (such as S37/41)

Assessment of risks

Liaison with carers and other stakeholders

Liaison with other members of the multi-disciplinary team

Adherence to team and Trust policies, as well as national guidelines and legislation

Support of learners

Participation in a duty and triaging system

Regular travel within Hackney and the City, and occasionally to neighbouring boroughs

Working within the CPA framework, ensuring that all documentation is up to date and in line with NMC and Trust guidelines

Participating in individual (and where available group) supervision and appraisal

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.