Band 6 – Community Social Worker, Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (CRHTT)

We are looking for experienced mental health social workers to join our busy and dynamic Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) based in Watford, West Hertfordshire.

You will be:

• An experienced clinician working with service users at various phases of their mental health.
• Passionate about making a difference for individuals and their carer’s during their personal journey.
• Ambitious to work within this challenging role, in a challenging environment, with real scope to develop and influence practice.

The role:

• Providing urgent assessments to those considered to have acute mental health concerns and to robust home treatment options as an alternative to hospital admission.
• A role that is varied and challenging, offering an opportunity to work in a variety of settings, with people with a variety of mental health needs

• As gatekeepers for hospital admission, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and effective treatment in the community, and facilitate early discharges from the acute inpatient units.
• Working collaboratively with our service users, their carer’s and our colleagues to positively manage risk in the acute care pathway, whilst enabling and empowering an individuals’ recovery journey.

The Team:

• An exceptional service in an organisation with big ambitions.
• We are a team looking for enthusiastic clinicians that are positive about leading future change and development, to ensure the highest standards of care are available to our service users.
• As a University Trust, we have close links to the University of Hertfordshire, and our team have optimised this opportunity in providing excellent learning and development opportunities to our staff.

In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary subject to a minimum payment of £1,066 and a maximum payment of £1,845 per annum (pro rata where applicable).

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name Tim Banks Job title Team Leader Email address tim.banks@nhs.net Telephone number 01923 837145

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