Adult Mental Health Social Worker

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Adult Mental Health Social Worker to work full time based in Haringey.

The salary for this permanent Adult Mental Health Social Worker job is up to £47,857per annum.

Main duties:

• Act as a social worker/care coordinator with a number of people open to the services in the team, carrying out Care Act, and initial assessments using the Care Programme approach (CPA) determining eligibility, need, and the required level of care and support. This will include where the persons needs can best be met for example using community resources, day opportunities or a placement.
• Devise care packages, by collating information and submitting outcome focussed assessment reports to the funding panel and liaising with the Brokerage Team to identify accredited providers.
• Carry out complex person-centred assessments ensuring that all care offered is evidence-based and all interventions take into account of physical, cultural, psychological, spiritual and age-related needs.
• Prepare well written evidence-based reports.
• Build a strong partnership with voluntary sector organisations, community groups, social enterprises and blue light services.
• Ensure sound risk assessment of all service users to inform levels of care required and which highlight risk to self and others.
• Provide leadership on the social care agenda within the team and a good knowledge of Safeguarding Children & Adults processes and Making Safeguarding Personal.
• Work collaboratively with the In-patient mental health wards, Discharged Intervention team, Housing and other service providers to assess peoples support needs and avoid unnecessary delays in hospital discharges.
• Deliver formal and informal training and briefing sessions on social care to benefit team development for all qualified and unqualified staff and students.
• Maintain a caseload of clients who require Social Care interventions from secondary mental health services.
• Safeguard and protect the interests of the individual service users and their carers, serve the interest of society, ensure effective use of public funds and protect the council and trusts reputation.
• To undertake any other temporary responsibilities aligned with the overall purpose and grade of the role.

Requirements of this Adult Mental Health Social Worker role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Adult Mental Health Social Worker 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.

Global Healthcare Jobs 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.