Social Worker (Mental Health)

Joining our Mental Health Team as a qualified and experienced Social Worker, you'll be innovative, person-centred and committed to working in a strengths-based way. You'll enjoy working in a team that thrives on supporting each other in their work and sharing experiences and learnings to encourage continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing:

• Conducting comprehensive assessments of individuals' needs and available support.
• Managing a complex caseload whilst providing supervision for Case Workers and Senior Case Workers and practice advice on complex cases.
• Participating in duty to triage urgent cases as well as triaging safeguarding referrals and making informed decisions.
• Liaising with colleagues in Health to facilitate hospital discharges.
• Holding forensic cases and working closely with the Ministry of Justice.

What we're looking for:

• Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England (SWE). Due to the needs of the team, we're unable to consider Newly Qualified Social Workers for this post.
• A sound understanding of how to apply a strengths-based approach.
• Understanding of social work issues, legal frameworks and social services' statutory duties.
• Commitment to demonstrating our values and behaviours.

To learn more about this role, please review our Candidate Pack available on our website. Please click on the Apply button for details.