Are you an experienced Social Worker seeking promotion?
Are you looking to develop into leadership & take your social care skills in the field of Adult Mental Health further?
Do you want to be part of an energetic & dynamic team in the heart of the South West Hertfordshire community, working for an award-winning, outstanding Trust?
We are looking for a Band 7 Senior Social Worker to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service in Watford/Three Rivers, Hertfordshire.
You must hold a full valid driving license and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
The Successful Candidate Will
- promote and lead the social care agenda within our multidisciplinary teams, acting in accordance with the principles of personalisation,
- carry out complex assessments of need, plan and deliver services and review outcomes with the individual, their personal support networks and support providers
- ensure practice within the team is responsive, inclusive and community based with a clear focus on outcomes
- supervise the social care staff within the team and support the wider team with social care
- manage the provision of assessments under the Care Act 2014 and the reviews of packages of care
- work collaboratively with community partners to ensure individuals and families are supported and their needs are met
- act as a champion and leader of social care, including safeguarding practice, within the locality/quadrant
- be professionally registered.
In Return, We Can Offer You
- leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK’s best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
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 4000 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.
Our Trust Values Are
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:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Isabel Worsley Job title: Head Of Service SW/SE/Family Safeguarding Email address: isabel.worsley@nhs.net Telephone number: 07827872577
Email is preferred contact
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