Senior Practitioner - Adults (Social Work)

Job overview

Experienced Social Worker with a background of Community Mental Health and AMHP.

The person must:

• Be a Qualified Social Worker with a live unrestricted registration with Social Work England.
• Have an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) status.
• Have at least 3 years post continuous qualifying experience.

Main duties of the job

If you are a forward-thinking Social Worker who want to promote high quality practice, demonstrate leadership and want to work closely with principles of recovery and social inclusion, then we have a vacancy available for you of a Senior Practitioner Social Worker within our Community Mental Health Team.  This position is graded as G8 (GLPC) with Salary Spine Points 35-39.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide input to adults with mental health difficulties and learning disability, some of whom will have additional complex needs because of a physical disability, mental health problems, challenging behaviour, sensory impairment, dementia etc.

If you are an experienced Social Worker with a background of Community Mental Health and AMHP we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Main duties include:

• Support the Social Care lead and Team Manager to effectively lead, support and develop the team.
• Deputise for the team manager as required.
• Assist with overall responsibility within the team for assessment, care/support planning and review of people with a range of needs and their carers, working within a multi-disciplinary framework.
• Undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post as required by the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and any other relevant legislation.
• Provide expert advice and guidance within the team, on social care issues.
• Provides expert guidance on statutory duties, prepares court reports and attends court and court of protection hearings to provide expert evidence when necessary.
• Provide and develop specific specialist knowledge relevant to your role.

Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information about this role and working at NELFT. WE encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.