Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Approved Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional to work full time based Guernsey.
The salary for this permanent Approved Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional job is up to £58,081 per annum.
Main duties:
- Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Law 2010, and the Mental Capacity Law 2021 are met and that patient’s rights under the law are upheld.
- To make independent judgements relating to disposals under the Mental Health Law and Capacity Law, taking into account a wide range of external influences and factors.
- To ensure the protection of persons and safety of service users property throughout and following application of the Mental Health Law.
- To be cognisant with issues relating to people from a wide diversity of backgrounds and to ensure that these are taken into account at all times.
- To communicate with a wide range of people and, in particular, to communicate and deliver messages which will potentially be received in a hostile manner, which will require sensitive management.
- To undertake and manage the process of Mental Health Law assessments.
- To manage the assessment and conveyance process dealing with potentially highly distressing, volatile, emotional, unpredictable situations.
- To manage and take responsibility for a defined caseload and ensure full compliance with the Safeguarding of vulnerable adults, MASH protocol and all other policies at all times.
- Maintain high standards of service user care, ensuring individuality and dignity is maintained at all times, while promoting recovery and independence.
- Ensure that each user in his/her care receives an individual assessment and is given a regularly updated care plan which, wherever practicable, is formulated in conjunction with the service user and approved by their supervisor.
- Ensure that information regarding the service user’s needs and progress are communicated promptly and accurately to their relatives and to other workers involved in their care, having due regard for confidentiality.
- Fully implement all agreed care plans and ensure that they are regularly reviewed and updated.
- Ensure that information regarding service user needs and progress are communicated promptly and accurately to other team members involved in their care, having due regard for confidentiality.
- Facilitate open and harmonious communications amongst staff within the team, as well as with other departments, with the aim of promoting multi-disciplinary approaches to care.
- Work as key worker to specified service users.
- Provide information and support to carers and families.
- Liaise closely with other statutory and voluntary agencies when required.
Requirements of this Approved Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Continual professional development.
- Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Approved Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above 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.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
