Social Worker

Job overview

Would you like to join an innovative, dynamic and ambitious team committed to delivering the best possible care for our service-users? The Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach Service (EROS) is looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Social Worker to welcome into our team as it takes part in an exciting expansion across East and North Hertfordshire.

EROS provides rehabilitation interventions and support to individuals with complex and enduring long term severe mental illness in the community.

The service provides a dedicated, integrated multi-disciplinary team of professionals, who aim to improve quality of life, promote hope, recovery, and individual resilience, and reduce reliance on crisis and inpatient services.

Main duties of the job

As a new Social Worker, you’ll join a supportive staff team that empowers one another to deliver the best care. A current Social Worker notes, “The EROS Team has been the best opportunity as a social worker… it’s a chance to do pure social work, always involving progress and positive change.”

The team uses a mini-team approach, placing service users and carers at the center to provide a holistic and consistent care pathway. Staff describe it as giving service users “a full rounded experience of different types of care” while remaining individualized and holistic.

EROS focuses on developing professional strengths, with access to professional networks and guidance from Senior Leadership across key disciplines. This includes the trust’s only Consultant Occupational Therapist working in Rehabilitation services.

The team provides evidence-based, recovery-focused interventions through co-produced care plans that build resilience and improve wellbeing. These plans are tailored to meet individual cultural and social needs.

The service has improved care outcomes, supporting people to return to the community, avoid admissions, and reduce inpatient stays. It has been praised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for its innovation and has been nominated for several national awards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In your new role you will:

• To be a champion of social care with a comprehensive understanding of legislation and statutory guidance.
• To undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, for people who may present with a high risk, or those with significant interpersonal, social, legal and/or environmental complexities, ensuring people are assessed appropriately against social care eligibility criteria as defined by The Care Act 2014.
• To offer direct support to service users and their carers, and to colleagues, through information and advice, to ensure that those who do not meet social care eligibility are appropriately signposted and supported.

For more detailed information on the position, please access the Job Description and Person Specification documents provided.

EROS typically operates 9am-5pm Monday to Saturday, although some evening work and Sunday cover may be required on a rota basis. Due to the success of the pilot and positive outcomes for service users and carers, the service is now in a position to offer these pathways across the rest of the County, therefore applicants will need to have access to their own vehicle to travel across all Hertfordshire localities.