Band 6 Social Worker - Hospital Mental Health Team

Location Chelmsford
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £24.80 per hour
Reference HQ00099740_1574337813

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Social Worker to work full-time in Essex, within the Hospital Mental Health Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in adults' services and be registered with the HCPC.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £24.80 per hour (LTD Company Equivalent) and is an initial 3-month contract.

About the Role:

  • The base will be at either Chelmsford or Rochford To be confirmed
  • Working 37.5 hrs
  • Mon-Fri 9-5PM
  • The post holder may be required to work across Essex and/or in any location in the Trust area

Duties of the Social Worker:

  • To work jointly with care coordinators from CMHTs with a small complex and challenging caseload of pregnant women or those with an infant up to one year old
  • Conduct both single handed and joint high quality mental health assessments as required to identify mental health needs for people referred to the Perinatal Mental Health Service
  • Take responsibility for the management of a defined client caseload as identified in consultation with the Team Manager, Clinical Team Leader and team
  • Utilise the Care Programme Approach (CPA) as defined within the Trust Policy and to act as Care Co-ordinator as required
  • To ensure that all Trust Perinatal service users have a perinatal care plan, this is implemented. This may require attending and contributing to pre and post-birth meetings
  • Ensure risks are effectively managed and interventions are effectively prioritised
  • Maintain effective individualised care through the assessment of health and social care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans co-produced with service users
  • Utilise the Information Management and Technology system of the Trust to maintain effective communication and clear, concise and contemporaneous documentation for individualised client care
  • Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients and to work with fathers, partners and significant others to provide appropriate education training and support

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current HCPC registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within adults' services
  • Car Driver essential
  • CPN is preferable but will also accept a Social Worker

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Sam Jewell; if you are interested in this position please click below to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.