Adults Advanced Social Work Practitioner/Mental Health Discharge Coordinator - Worcester - Sanc[...]

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Maryland; On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency has an exciting opportunity for an Adult Advanced Social Work Practitioner/Mental Health Discharge Coordinator in Maryland. The role involves leading a team, providing mental health advocacy, and developing guidance for social workers. Successful candidates will have a social work qualification and the ability to manage safeguarding issues. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of up to £44,711 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Review practices and develop guidance for staff.
• Provide support and leadership to community social workers.
• Advocate for individuals' rights and recovery.
• Manage safeguarding enquiries and threats.
• Promote mental health awareness.

Skills

Social work leadership

Crisis management

Advocacy

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for an Adult Advanced Social Work Practitioner/Mental Health Discharge Coordinator to work full-time for Worcestershire.

The salary for this ASWP Mental Health Discharge Coordinator job is up to £44,711 per annum.

Responsibilities:

• To undertake a review of practices and processes and develop practice guidance and tools to support frontline staff. Work as a senior and autonomous social worker responsible for own professional actions and the staff they support within their area of specialism.
• Provide support to social workers in the Community Teams that critically analyses, supports, and challenges social workers with a view to quality improvement and professional development.
• Provide social work leadership, promoting the social perspective within an inpatient setting and ensuring a focus on recovery and advocacy for individuals onwards.
• Provide advice and guidance on complex social care and housing-related matters pertaining to individuals on the wards.
• To work alongside inpatient managers across the NHS trust and identify any new admissions and provide updates on discharge progress.
• Oversee work with adults who are experiencing, or at risk of abuse or neglect. Where necessary/appropriate, to undertake more complex/high-risk safeguarding enquiries and in managing verbal/physical threats/aggression.
• Work to address oppression and discrimination, applying the law to protect and advance people’s rights, recognising how legislation can constrain or promote these rights and identify situations where interventions of the law are neither proportionate or fair.
• Lead the promotion and awareness of mental health, social construction of stigma and disability, and to act as an information and advice service to individuals and carers, other professionals, and agencies on mental health-related matters, where appropriate to participate in the development and delivery of learning and educational materials for other staff/agencies/partners.
• The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity, dignity, and due respect for all employees and service users and is consistent with the Council’s Equality & Diversity Policy.

Requirements:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.