Job summary
An opportunity has come up within the Low Secure and CAMHS Division for a qualified Social Worker. This role works in partnership with the wards and associated multi-disciplinary teams to provide good quality care and support to patients and their carers. Taking the lead with carer engagements, safeguarding and statutory Social Work activities, you would be joining a high achieving and committed social work team
Main duties of the job
You will have a recognised Social Work Qualification and ideally experience of working in Mental Health and Mental Capacity Legislation; as well as Safeguarding Adults Legislation and practice, to include the undertaking of safeguarding investigations.
There is an expectation that you will seek to develop your skills in your specialist area and that you will also hold a full case load.
St Andrews Healthcare Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England and there will be opportunities for training to ensure registration. In addition, there will be regular supervision, an annual performance review and opportunities for development.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrews CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.
About us
You can achieve more at St Andrews Healthcare
St Andrews Healthcare is a charity providing specialist mental healthcare services. We work in partnership with a number of NHS, voluntary, educational and research organisations to deliver a range of specialist inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve the lives of people with complex mental health needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose of Role:
The post holder will support service users and their carers through a range of aspects
through treatment during their stay.
Key Responsibilities:
To manage a workload as agreed by the Lead Social Worker and MDT.
To undertake work as agreed in relation to The Mental Health & Mental Capacity Act.
To prepare and present reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals and Managers
Hearings.
To prepare and present Social History reports and reports for Clinical Reviews.
To attend relevant multi-disciplinary meetings and liaison with community social
workers, other agencies and professionals.
Engage in 1-1 and group work with service users and maintain up-to-date records in
clinical notes of all service user contacts.
Liaise with service users families / carers and other statutory / voluntary agencies.
Undertake child visit and home visit risk assessments making recommendations to the
MDT.
Lead on planning for service users discharge and aftercare arrangements including
aspects of safeguarding and multi-agency public protection arrangements.
Identify, visit and assess resources that may be considered appropriate for service
users moving into the community and or other residential settings.
Adhere to MAPPA processes, making referrals and attendance at MAPPA meetings
where appropriate.
Undertake S42 enquiries as directed by the Local Authority.
Lead on the day to day co-ordination of safeguarding.
Attend and take an active part in Social Work team meetings.
Regularly attend prearranged supervisions with Lead / Senior Social Worker with
prepared agenda items.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional Qualification Currently registered with Social Work England
- Some experience of working with service users in mental health / learning
- disability settings and some understanding of the legal framework in relation to
- this vulnerable group
- Be comfortable working in a secure environment with people who have complex
- needs and may present high risk
- Adaptable, enthusiastic, flexible and tolerant
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team and confident in negotiation
- with other agencies
- Ability to prioritise case load
- Ability to work under own initiative, but also seek support from senior colleagues
- Able to use supervision provided by Lead or more senior social workers
- Good verbal, written and IT communication skills with a range of individuals
- Good record keeping
- To support the Social Work team in referring and managing safeguarding
- incidents
- Ability to prepare and present reports confidently
- Ability to demonstrate an awareness of equality issues and commitments to the
- aims and objectives of policies on employment and service user care
- To work within social work codes of practice in an ethical manner, with empathy
- for service users and their families.
- Ability to travel between locations
- Willingness to follow St Andrews policies and undertake mandatory and
- additional post qualifying training as required of the post
- Ability to work occasional unsocial hours if relevant to cases
- To report to senior colleagues any concerns relating to professional practice, risk
- of exploitation / vulnerability or safety of any service user, carer or colleague
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
St Andrew’s Healthcare
Address
St. Andrews
Billing Road
Northampton
NN1 5DG