Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, passionate, and motivated Social Worker to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team. This will be over South Staffordshire. We are a specialist service that strives to deliver excellent standards of care to expectant and new mothers with severe and complex mental health problems.
This is an opportunity to be part of the perinatal service and to help shape the future of perinatal mental health care in Staffordshire. You will be joining a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team with extensive training opportunities along with regular supervision, reflective practice, and opportunity for career progression.
As a member of the team, you would provide the management of a defined caseload including assessments, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate interventions to people with mental health needs and their carers. To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals as well as, contribution to multidisciplinary team discussions. Liaison with professional and voluntary agencies to provide expertise advice. The promotion of 'Excellence in Social Work' across the Trust in collaboration with the Social Care Professional Lead.
The team works closely with the Brockington Parent and Baby Unit and the Shropshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for mothers with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload and acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach and will be skilled at risk assessment and management. The emphasis of their work will focus on facilitating and supporting early assessment and identification of need. The postholder will demonstrate and be responsible for the safe application of relevant, up-to-date legislation including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Safeguarding. The post holder will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Operational Manager. The post holder will participate in team and service development and evaluation. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about this post please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about this post please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with service users with complex mental health problems.
Desirable
- Significant post-qualification experience.
- Experience of working with service users with perinatal mental health problems.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Social Work qualification, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or Foreign qualification where certified by Health Professionals Council.
- Ensuring registration with the Health and Care Professions Council at all times.
Skills
Essential
- In depth knowledge of legislation as it relates to people with mental health difficulties such as, the Care Programme Approach, Mental health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty and Safeguarding etc.
- Good organisational skills - an ability to manage time, prioritise work and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal in order to communicate with people using our services, carers, staff and partners in an open and honest way using inclusive language.
- Provide teaching, education and support of colleagues, including students.
- Demonstrate an understanding of physiological healthcare and have the ability to take appropriate action.
- Ability to make appropriate assessments and judgements that require analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
- Ability to provide specialist assessments of patient conditions, recognising a deteriorating patient or patients who are suitable to be discharged from a caseload.
- Demonstrate an ability to carry out comprehensive assessment so specialist health, wellbeing and social care needs. To provide ongoing support in consideration of these needs.
- To develop and modify care packages or where appropriate, refer to an external agency
- Undertake audits / surveys and share this information with the team and contribution to service development.
Desirable
- Awareness of key developments nationally in the provision of Perinatal Mental Health Services.
- An understanding of specialist, secondary mental health work.
- Awareness and understanding of the Recovery Model and social perspectives in mental health.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with service users with complex mental health problems.
Desirable
- Significant post-qualification experience.
- Experience of working with service users with perinatal mental health problems.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Social Work qualification, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or Foreign qualification where certified by Health Professionals Council.
- Ensuring registration with the Health and Care Professions Council at all times.
Skills
Essential
- In depth knowledge of legislation as it relates to people with mental health difficulties such as, the Care Programme Approach, Mental health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty and Safeguarding etc.
- Good organisational skills - an ability to manage time, prioritise work and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal in order to communicate with people using our services, carers, staff and partners in an open and honest way using inclusive language.
- Provide teaching, education and support of colleagues, including students.
- Demonstrate an understanding of physiological healthcare and have the ability to take appropriate action.
- Ability to make appropriate assessments and judgements that require analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
- Ability to provide specialist assessments of patient conditions, recognising a deteriorating patient or patients who are suitable to be discharged from a caseload.
- Demonstrate an ability to carry out comprehensive assessment so specialist health, wellbeing and social care needs. To provide ongoing support in consideration of these needs.
- To develop and modify care packages or where appropriate, refer to an external agency
- Undertake audits / surveys and share this information with the team and contribution to service development.
Desirable
- Awareness of key developments nationally in the provision of Perinatal Mental Health Services.
- An understanding of specialist, secondary mental health work.
- Awareness and understanding of the Recovery Model and social perspectives in mental health.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
