Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated individual to join our dynamic team and take the role of Social Worker and Safeguarding Lead at Collingham Child and Family Centre.
Collingham Child and Family Centre is a National Tier 4 inpatient CAMHS service for children aged 5-13 years. As one of only 6 units of its kind in the UK, the service provides intensive assessment and treatment for children with complex mental health difficulties alongside work with families and carers. You will work with a friendly and dynamic team which includes nursing staff, psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, family therapies, speech and language therapy, social work, dietician, pharmacist and administrators.
You will receive ongoing support from your peers, Therapy Leads and other Senior Members of the Team. You will be required to work Monday-Friday 9am-5pm with potential for some flexibility at times based on the needs of the service.
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Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated individual who is enthusiastic, forward thinking, and adaptable to work within our well established and welcoming multi-disciplinary team. As the ward social worker you will lead on safeguarding within the service and will be supervised by a Senior Social Worker within the Tier 4 CAMHS pathway. The post holder will provide a social work service to children and young people experiencing mental health problems across all sectors of care as part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team.
This role will also involve care managing a limited number of young people admitted to the unit. As Care Manager the post holder will be a central point of contact during the admission for the young person, their family/carers and the wider professional network. Part of the Care Manager role is to meet with the young person regularly and to develop a therapeutic relationship to help support all aspects of their care during the admission.
You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. Where appropriate and where identified in their Personal Development Plan, the post holder may also provide clinical and management supervision to social worker trainees or less experienced social worker colleagues.
About us
CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes in people's lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community.
Our base is in the Kensington area with many local cafes, restaurants and bars giving discounts at 10-20% to all NHS staff. As well as Better Gym offering a 50% discount to all staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working in our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. To provide social work assessments drawing on professional training and experience,clinical skills, as well as appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data froma variety of evidence based sources including the use of routine outcome measures, ratingscales, and semi-structured interviews with children/families.2. To coordinate safeguarding processes within the unit, liaise with Childrens Social Careteams as necessary and make safeguarding referrals when appropriate.3. To provide a professional social work perspective on children and young peoples needs,promoting holistic assessment which considers their family and history, environment,education, religion or culture and social circumstances.4. Contribute social work and safeguarding expertise to care planning alongside the multidisciplinary team and wider clinical team. Lead on safeguarding work with individualchildren and young people whilst they are inpatients.5. To contribute to the formulation and implementation of multi-disciplinary plans for the formalclinical treatment and/or management of emotional and behavioural difficulties of children,based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, employing methods based uponevidence of proven efficacy within modality and with reference to appropriate clinicalguidelines and care pathways (e.g. NICE, CEG).6. To participate in discharge planning from the point of admission, working closely withclinical colleagues to understand changing risk levels throughout admission.7. To ensure that discharge planning and discussions with families and professionals, areprioritised as soon as is practicable during admission, in order to reduce delayed dischargeor unnecessary acute hospital stays for children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. To provide social work assessments drawing on professional training and experience,clinical skills, as well as appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data froma variety of evidence based sources including the use of routine outcome measures, ratingscales, and semi-structured interviews with children/families.2. To coordinate safeguarding processes within the unit, liaise with Childrens Social Careteams as necessary and make safeguarding referrals when appropriate.3. To provide a professional social work perspective on children and young peoples needs,promoting holistic assessment which considers their family and history, environment,education, religion or culture and social circumstances.4. Contribute social work and safeguarding expertise to care planning alongside the multidisciplinary team and wider clinical team. Lead on safeguarding work with individualchildren and young people whilst they are inpatients.5. To contribute to the formulation and implementation of multi-disciplinary plans for the formalclinical treatment and/or management of emotional and behavioural difficulties of children,based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, employing methods based uponevidence of proven efficacy within modality and with reference to appropriate clinicalguidelines and care pathways (e.g. NICE, CEG).6. To participate in discharge planning from the point of admission, working closely withclinical colleagues to understand changing risk levels throughout admission.7. To ensure that discharge planning and discussions with families and professionals, areprioritised as soon as is practicable during admission, in order to reduce delayed dischargeor unnecessary acute hospital stays for children.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oA recognised social work qualification and registered with Social Work England
- oSignificant post first qualification practice/clinical experience in a child care setting
Desirable
- Training in parenting programmes - e.g. NVR.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of utilising a range of social work skills at post-qualifying level in a child and adolescent mental health and/or statutory children & families social work setting.
- oExperience of safeguarding practice, working with children subject to a child protection plan, identifying and managing risk.
- oExperience of delivering family assessments and interventions.
- oExperience of children with mental health problems needs.
- oExperience of providing consultation.
- oMultidisciplinary team working.
- oExperience of delivering clinical practice underpinned by evidence-based research in relation to children and adult's mental health problems.
- oExperience of participating in and implementing audits.
Desirable
- oDelivering teaching and training to others on social work principles/models and safeguarding.
- oExperience of group work with parents.
- oContribution to local service policies and protocols.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oSkills in working with children and families with mental health and social care problems.
- oAbility to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
- oAbility to apply analytical skills to multi-layered complex cases.
- oAbility to assess, including risks, and to formulate comprehensive assessment and offer a range of effective treatments based on systemic principles and act in accordance with Child Protection and risk policies and procedures.
- oAbility to manage the risk of verbal and physical aggression and to withstand high levels of emotionally charged situations.
- oAbility to sit with clients/patients for extended periods of time, often within pressurised circumstances and to create a calm, appropriate environment for clients in a highly emotive situation and respond appropriately to this need.
- oCapacity to work independently, but have the skills to recognise the need to consult to professional colleagues from the multidisciplinary team and/or other departments within CNWL or to external agencies
- oAbility to provide services relevant to diverse social, cultural and religious backgrounds
- oAbility to communicate skilfully and sensitively complex information both verbally and in writing with service users and professionals.
- oAbility to write clear, coherent reports that address complex issues of assessment and treatment.
Knowledge
Essential
- oUnderstanding of systemic theory and other models relevant to social work practice.
- oThe impact of abuse, trauma and other adverse experiences on children and families.
- oLegislation and DOH guidelines relevant to children and mental health.
- oKnowledge of key legislation central to the implementation of a holistic professional social work service including Children's Acts 1989/2004, Mental Health Acts 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Community Care Act 1990 and the Carers Act 2004.
- oChild protection, child in need and looked after children policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oA recognised social work qualification and registered with Social Work England
- oSignificant post first qualification practice/clinical experience in a child care setting
Desirable
- Training in parenting programmes - e.g. NVR.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of utilising a range of social work skills at post-qualifying level in a child and adolescent mental health and/or statutory children & families social work setting.
- oExperience of safeguarding practice, working with children subject to a child protection plan, identifying and managing risk.
- oExperience of delivering family assessments and interventions.
- oExperience of children with mental health problems needs.
- oExperience of providing consultation.
- oMultidisciplinary team working.
- oExperience of delivering clinical practice underpinned by evidence-based research in relation to children and adult's mental health problems.
- oExperience of participating in and implementing audits.
Desirable
- oDelivering teaching and training to others on social work principles/models and safeguarding.
- oExperience of group work with parents.
- oContribution to local service policies and protocols.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oSkills in working with children and families with mental health and social care problems.
- oAbility to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
- oAbility to apply analytical skills to multi-layered complex cases.
- oAbility to assess, including risks, and to formulate comprehensive assessment and offer a range of effective treatments based on systemic principles and act in accordance with Child Protection and risk policies and procedures.
- oAbility to manage the risk of verbal and physical aggression and to withstand high levels of emotionally charged situations.
- oAbility to sit with clients/patients for extended periods of time, often within pressurised circumstances and to create a calm, appropriate environment for clients in a highly emotive situation and respond appropriately to this need.
- oCapacity to work independently, but have the skills to recognise the need to consult to professional colleagues from the multidisciplinary team and/or other departments within CNWL or to external agencies
- oAbility to provide services relevant to diverse social, cultural and religious backgrounds
- oAbility to communicate skilfully and sensitively complex information both verbally and in writing with service users and professionals.
- oAbility to write clear, coherent reports that address complex issues of assessment and treatment.
Knowledge
Essential
- oUnderstanding of systemic theory and other models relevant to social work practice.
- oThe impact of abuse, trauma and other adverse experiences on children and families.
- oLegislation and DOH guidelines relevant to children and mental health.
- oKnowledge of key legislation central to the implementation of a holistic professional social work service including Children's Acts 1989/2004, Mental Health Acts 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Community Care Act 1990 and the Carers Act 2004.
- oChild protection, child in need and looked after children policies and procedures.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
