Mental Health Social Worker, Mental Health/Recovery Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Mental Health Social Worker within the Mental Health/Recovery Team to work Full Time based in Bath.

The salary for this permanent Mental Health Social Worker job is up to £36,073 per annum

Main duties:

• To work as a social worker/care coordinating in managing a caseload of individuals referred into secondary mental health services for support with their mental health needs.
• To complete comprehensive individual needs assessment based on a strengths based approach and recovery principles.
• To co-ordinate appropriate care and support packages of care with clear recovery outcomes. To be accountable for ensuring that the packages are appropriate to the person’s needs and are regularly reviewed.
• To complete or participate in the assessment of risk, and to produce appropriate risk management risks management strategies.
• To lead and participate in the review and evaluation of packages of care and support.
• To liaise with other health and social care professionals, organisations and agencies, including carers and family, housing, probation service, benefits and welfare agencies etc.
• To maintain case records and general administration related to the caseload in line with department guidance and procedures. To work and understand single case file records.
• To ensure that legal literacy and a rights based approach is at the forefront of their work.
• To undertake on occasions the supervision of other health or social care workers, including student supervision.
• To fully participate in the shared responsibilities and tsks of the team/service, including duty systems and service input, and to participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and assessment clinics.
• If an AMHP to participate in the AMHP duty rota and where not an AMHP to be prepared to undertake the training to become so.
• To participate in the team/service and departments staff development programmes and the promotion of specialist skills.
• To carry out such other duties as are required as are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Requirements of this Mental Health Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Mental Health Social Worker role 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.