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Social Worker with Recruitment Incentive

Employer
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Welwyn Garden City
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata + 5% of basic salary (min £1,066 max £1,845)
Closing date
7 Jun 2023

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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
All new professionally registered staff will receive up to �120 as a contribution towards their professional registration fees

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Come and join us!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time experienced Social Worker to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Service serving the needs of older people within the population East Hertfordshire covering Broxbourne Borough, East Herts District, and Welwyn Hatfield Borough.

You will be responsible for the delivery of care to an allocated caseload of service users experiencing, or recovering from, mental health difficulties. You will also be completing holistic assessments, developing innovative support plans, reviews and CPA in conjunction with other professionals while building networks and raising awareness in the area and developing valuable links for the team.

You will be working alongside Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Support Workers to achieve the best outcomes for the individuals you work with. You will provide direct support and advice to the service users, their families and carers, within the recovery framework, embracing the individual right to choice and control.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to demonstrate your knowledge of the relevant legislation, theory and policy in relation to the service user group, such as The Care Act 2014, The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and The Mental Health Act 1983 amended in 2007.

We are based in Welwyn Garden City and you will be provided with a laptop, smart phone and offer you a comprehensive induction once you start. We can also offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package and excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust .

We can offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package and excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust . This post attracts a payment of �3,500 as a Golden Hello for joining our Trust. T& C's apply, new employees only

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Person Specification

PHYSICAL SKILLS & EFFORT

Essential

  • Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
  • Care Driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 210 which prevents you from driving)
  • Ability to meet timescales and respond to crises as appropriate


KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • An appropriate professional social work qualification (e.g. DipSW, ) Education to degree level
  • Registration with Social Work England
  • Training in principles and application of outcomes focussed assessments and personalization
  • Relevant post-qualifying training for social workers
  • Training and experience in Safeguarding


Desirable

  • Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interests Assessment Training


AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
  • Knowledge of legislation, theory and policy in relation to relevant care group
  • Experience of undertaking assessments, focussed as personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
  • Understanding and experience of personal budgets and direct payments
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working and ability to work collaborative
  • Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect


Desirable

  • Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor


COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Essential

  • Excellent ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
  • Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports


ANALYTICAL SKILLS

Essential

  • Ability to analyse service user and carer information.
  • Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys.


DIVERSITY

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to working sensitively with diverse needs and environments
  • Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice


MENTAL & EMONTINAL EFFORT

Essential

  • Flexibility and ability to respond to a variety of tasks, and to prioritise own workload
  • Ability to deal with distressing and sometimes aggressive behaviour


GENERAL

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment


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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab) .

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 (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Rosanne House

Parkway

Welwyn Garden City

AL8 6HG

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

367-EAN-6002-N

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