Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as the Adult Social worker on the Eating Disorders ward at the Bethlem Royal Hospital.
Gerald Russell Eating Disorders unit is a 16-bed unit which offers a range of therapeutic interventions for patients with an eating disorder & their carers, including Cognitive Remediation Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Family Therapy.
The team, is made up of doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, psychologists, occupational therapists, psychotherapists, dietitians, social worker and administrators.
In summer 2023 the Gerald Russell Eating Disorders Unit is moving from Bethlem Royal Hospital to a new home at New Douglas Bennett House located on our Maudsley Hospital Campus in Camberwell.
Co-designed with patients, carers and clinicians, the new building will offer high-quality modern facilities in a therapeutic environment with single rooms with ensuites, access to green spaces, better sightlines within wards for staff and digital innovation to improve entry to and from bedrooms and other areas to ensure people using and working in our services have more control over their personal space.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an assertive, dynamic, approachable and driven individual to take on this role. As the adult social worker, you will be responsible for providing a focused adult mental health social work service at the South London and Maudsley Eating Disorders Inpatient unit.
You will work closely with the MDT to provide expert guidance regarding mental health act, Mental Capacity Act (DoLs) legislation, adult safeguarding and domestic abuse. You will work closely with the PMOA Safeguarding Lead to provide and coordinate the delivery of an integrated adult social work provision across this specialist service. To be an active and vital member of the multi-disciplinary team using knowledge and skills to support colleagues in the delivery of care, assessment and treatment to patients and their families. To liaise with, advise and support a range of external and partnership agencies both voluntary and statutory. To deliver these services in accordance with current legislation, local authority and Trust policies and procedures. To fulfil statutory and other requirements of a social worker as and when appropriate.
About us
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work in partnership with service users, families and carers to meet social care needs within a range of highly complex situations that may arise from eating disorders mental health needs.
- To work together with the directorate Safeguarding lead to provide an effective social work service for service users, their families and carers by ensuring access to appropriate resources from local authorities and a range of external agencies on a national level.
- To make referrals where appropriate and to provide and access advocacy, information and guidance for service users, carers and agencies
- To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary inpatient team exercising social work professional responsibility for providing highly specialist assessments and follow-up for service users referred with complex problems, which includes assessment of risk in terms of self-harm, self-neglect, vulnerability, harm to others, domestic violence and safeguarding children and adults.
- To coordinate care for service users by undertaking assessments and plans for aftercare informed by specialist knowledge of d the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004, in accordance with policy guidance and procedures.
- To engage service users and their families providing direct work as appropriate to assist recovery.
- To contribute to ward referral screening and admission processes and to gather information from service users, carers, family members and professionals in order to undertake assessment of social care needs and risk
- To work as part of the inpatient multi-disciplinary team, attending ward rounds (when required), CPA and planning meetings as appropriate and to contribute to the delivery of highly specialist evidence-based mental health assessment, care planning, treatment and review for service users.
- To contribute to complex risk assessment and ongoing risk management and safety planning on the ward and in the community. To contribute to safe discharge planning and arrangements in accordance with child and adult safeguarding, mental health legislation, policy and procedures.
- To provide social work consultation, training and advice to the ward and community services as needed, with a focus on particular aspects of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, mental health, adult safeguarding and compliance with NICE guidelines.
- To provide practice education for social work placements where PEPS compliant
- To implement adult safeguarding procedures in accordance with inter-agency and trust Procedures for Safeguarding Adults.
- To work closely and effectively with a variety of other professional disciplines and external statutory and independent agencies to meet the complex needs of users and their carers within the hospital and or community setting.
- To be aware of the needs of service users and their families from a wide range of racial, cultural, sexual, religious and social backgrounds. To apply social work ethical principles and values and to use critical reflection and analysis to respect diversity and to guide professional practice in sensitive and innovative ways.
- To promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, maintaining an awareness of the equality and diversity policy and working to create and maintain a safe, supportive and welcoming environment where all people are treated with dignity and their identity and culture are valued and respected
- To attend professional social work supervision with a designated senior social worker to promote continuous professional development.
- To produce and write complex reports, attend MHA tribunals and complete agreed core tasks for SLaM undertaking procedural and administrative duties related to the social work function.
- To ensure information is recorded consistently, accurately and meets statutory timescales. To ensure service user confidentiality is maintained and information is shared with the service user, carer and other agencies in accordance Trust data protection requirements.
- To represent EDU when required in court, at case conferences, CPA, planning and review meetings as required.
- To assist in appropriate service developments, audits and research as deemed appropriate and in consultation with the ward manager.
- To carry out the duties and responsibilities of the post, in accordance with local authority and Trust Health and Safety Policy and relevant Health and Safety legislation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work in partnership with service users, families and carers to meet social care needs within a range of highly complex situations that may arise from eating disorders mental health needs.
- To work together with the directorate Safeguarding lead to provide an effective social work service for service users, their families and carers by ensuring access to appropriate resources from local authorities and a range of external agencies on a national level.
- To make referrals where appropriate and to provide and access advocacy, information and guidance for service users, carers and agencies
- To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary inpatient team exercising social work professional responsibility for providing highly specialist assessments and follow-up for service users referred with complex problems, which includes assessment of risk in terms of self-harm, self-neglect, vulnerability, harm to others, domestic violence and safeguarding children and adults.
- To coordinate care for service users by undertaking assessments and plans for aftercare informed by specialist knowledge of d the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004, in accordance with policy guidance and procedures.
- To engage service users and their families providing direct work as appropriate to assist recovery.
- To contribute to ward referral screening and admission processes and to gather information from service users, carers, family members and professionals in order to undertake assessment of social care needs and risk
- To work as part of the inpatient multi-disciplinary team, attending ward rounds (when required), CPA and planning meetings as appropriate and to contribute to the delivery of highly specialist evidence-based mental health assessment, care planning, treatment and review for service users.
- To contribute to complex risk assessment and ongoing risk management and safety planning on the ward and in the community. To contribute to safe discharge planning and arrangements in accordance with child and adult safeguarding, mental health legislation, policy and procedures.
- To provide social work consultation, training and advice to the ward and community services as needed, with a focus on particular aspects of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, mental health, adult safeguarding and compliance with NICE guidelines.
- To provide practice education for social work placements where PEPS compliant
- To implement adult safeguarding procedures in accordance with inter-agency and trust Procedures for Safeguarding Adults.
- To work closely and effectively with a variety of other professional disciplines and external statutory and independent agencies to meet the complex needs of users and their carers within the hospital and or community setting.
- To be aware of the needs of service users and their families from a wide range of racial, cultural, sexual, religious and social backgrounds. To apply social work ethical principles and values and to use critical reflection and analysis to respect diversity and to guide professional practice in sensitive and innovative ways.
- To promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, maintaining an awareness of the equality and diversity policy and working to create and maintain a safe, supportive and welcoming environment where all people are treated with dignity and their identity and culture are valued and respected
- To attend professional social work supervision with a designated senior social worker to promote continuous professional development.
- To produce and write complex reports, attend MHA tribunals and complete agreed core tasks for SLaM undertaking procedural and administrative duties related to the social work function.
- To ensure information is recorded consistently, accurately and meets statutory timescales. To ensure service user confidentiality is maintained and information is shared with the service user, carer and other agencies in accordance Trust data protection requirements.
- To represent EDU when required in court, at case conferences, CPA, planning and review meetings as required.
- To assist in appropriate service developments, audits and research as deemed appropriate and in consultation with the ward manager.
- To carry out the duties and responsibilities of the post, in accordance with local authority and Trust Health and Safety Policy and relevant Health and Safety legislation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To hold a recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social work England
Desirable
- To hold an AMPH warrant
- Qualifications or training in specialist skills e.g. psychological interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance and London Child Protection procedures
- Significant knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 specific to the context of adult safeguarding procedures. Knowledge and understanding of responsibilities in safeguarding of vulnerable adults including domestic abuse
- Knowledge of adult mental health disorders and up to date knowledge of evidence based practice
- Knowledge and principles of social work supervision
Desirable
- Knowledge of key legislation central to the implementation of a professional social work service within an eating disorder service
- Evidence of networking within the Eating Disorders speciality
- Experience of planning and delivery of training in response to identified needs
Experience
Essential
- Experience of implementing a social work service in a complex multi-disciplinary, multi - agency setting
- Experience and understanding of applying evidence - based approaches and best practice principles in working with service users and their families
- Significant post qualification experience of utilising a range of social work skills at post qualifying level in adult/mental health social work
- Experience of working with diverse multi -cultural communities and of working with interpreters
- Experience of preparing complex, high quality reports with clear recommendations and presenting these within formal settings
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide specialist assessments and formulate effective social work and therapeutic interventions
- Effective written and verbal communication and recording skills
- Ability to work effectively with service users and families from diverse minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds and with families with a high level of deprivation, social isolation, exclusion and stigma.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To hold a recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social work England
Desirable
- To hold an AMPH warrant
- Qualifications or training in specialist skills e.g. psychological interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance and London Child Protection procedures
- Significant knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 specific to the context of adult safeguarding procedures. Knowledge and understanding of responsibilities in safeguarding of vulnerable adults including domestic abuse
- Knowledge of adult mental health disorders and up to date knowledge of evidence based practice
- Knowledge and principles of social work supervision
Desirable
- Knowledge of key legislation central to the implementation of a professional social work service within an eating disorder service
- Evidence of networking within the Eating Disorders speciality
- Experience of planning and delivery of training in response to identified needs
Experience
Essential
- Experience of implementing a social work service in a complex multi-disciplinary, multi - agency setting
- Experience and understanding of applying evidence - based approaches and best practice principles in working with service users and their families
- Significant post qualification experience of utilising a range of social work skills at post qualifying level in adult/mental health social work
- Experience of working with diverse multi -cultural communities and of working with interpreters
- Experience of preparing complex, high quality reports with clear recommendations and presenting these within formal settings
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide specialist assessments and formulate effective social work and therapeutic interventions
- Effective written and verbal communication and recording skills
- Ability to work effectively with service users and families from diverse minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds and with families with a high level of deprivation, social isolation, exclusion and stigma.
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).
