Job summary
A 12 Months Secondment or Fixed Term Opportunity for a Senior Social Work Practitioner in The Mental Health Adult Social Care Team.
Part Time 35 hrs per week, Band 7 ( plus enhancement of 11.8% if you are qualified AMHP)
- To be a core member of a multi-disciplinary Mental Health team and contribute to the effective provision of mental health services to working age adults in Torbay.
If you have an AMHP qualification and are on the AMHP, this will attract and enhancement on the salary of 11.8% for which there is expectation that you will commit to the Torbay and South Devon AMHP Rota for a minimum 2 duties per month
To lead on undertaking holistic social care assessments, in partnership with service users, families and carers, prepare care plans, commission services to ensure the most beneficial and cost-effective care packages are established, delivered, monitored and reviewed, and comply with all statutory requirements for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust/Devon Partnership Trust standards, policies and guidelines.
To have clear responsibilities for the safeguarding of adults and children
To be compliant with and practice utilising social care legislation including Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
To be able to make a positive difference in people's lives, by working in partnership with service users, their carers and families
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work within the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust's Excellence Model of Social Work and to promote its practice and values and to support the development of the highest quality social work
- To Jointly manager with the Team Lead staff, resources, and relationships with key agencies to ensure timely and effective assessment, personalised support planning, and care management. Work in partnership with all agencies to ensure, a high quality, strength base provision is delivered to services users experiencing mental health problems, there family and carer
- To jointly with the Social Work Lead in providing leadership and management to a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners
- To be responsible for supporting and guiding practitioner in respect of risk assessment and risk management
- Guide and support staff in respect of highly complex cases offering a shared case management approach for such complex cases.
About us
Why Work With Us
You will be working in the Adult Mental Health Social Care Team and working jointly with the Social Work Lead, you will be a core member of the management team, providing leadership to the multi-disciplinary U65 Mental Health Social Care team. Leading on effective assessment and discharge planning with working age adults in Torbay and for Torbay residents in out of area hospitals in the region.
To provide leadership to the team in maintaining the highest standards in strength based holistic social care assessments, in partnership with service users, families and carers, prepare care plans, commission services to ensure the most beneficial and cost-effective care packages are established, delivered, monitored and reviewed, and comply with all statutory requirements for The Devon Partnership trust policies and guidelines.
To have clear responsibilities for the safeguarding of adults and children and for operating in a manner consistent with Human Rights legislation
To ensure the practitioners maintain a high standard of legal literacy and are compliant with and practice utilising social care legislation including Care Act 2014, Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationshipsand working relationships
- Communications may include dealing with those people who have difficulties relating to highly complex, contentious emotional and psychological conditions associated with their presenting conditions. People may have difficulties in communicating or understanding, and may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, or unable to accept their diagnosis or situation. Communication may involve skills in diffusing anger, motivating, negotiating, counselling, training, empathising and reassuring Communicating with Colleagues
- Planning and Organisation
Ensure statutory requirements and guidance; national directives and TSDNFT policy and guidance including procedures and protocols for safeguarding adults and children are met and applied in all areas of team/individual activity
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationshipsand working relationships
- Communications may include dealing with those people who have difficulties relating to highly complex, contentious emotional and psychological conditions associated with their presenting conditions. People may have difficulties in communicating or understanding, and may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, or unable to accept their diagnosis or situation. Communication may involve skills in diffusing anger, motivating, negotiating, counselling, training, empathising and reassuring Communicating with Colleagues
- Planning and Organisation
Ensure statutory requirements and guidance; national directives and TSDNFT policy and guidance including procedures and protocols for safeguarding adults and children are met and applied in all areas of team/individual activity
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Relevant professional Social Work qualification - Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social Services
- Current registration with SW England
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma in social care, supplemented by further specialist knowledge, for example in needs of a specific client group, experience to master's equivalent level
- Current registration with the General Social
- PQ and commitment to post qualification training
Desirable
- Post-qualifying experience
- AMHP
- BIA qualification
- Management/ Leadership Qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience in a leadership/management
- Role modelling good practice for social care staff within the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of Court Work i.e. Court of Protection
- Experience of working with complex mental health clients
- Experience of providing formal supervision
- Ability to plan and direct complex service demands
- Experience of chairing meetings i.e. Safeguarding, Best Interest
- Experience of overseeing complex Safeguarding investigations
- Experience of positive risks management planning individuals
- Ability to think laterally within Departmental eligibility criteria, whilst maximising quality outcomes from resources
- Ability to work on own initiative while making positive use of supervision and training
- Ability to use IT-based Care management systems
- Ability to make statutory decisions in accordance with the statutory requirements in a timely manner, and within an often challenging and demanding environment
- Ability to manage time effectively in assessing, planning, monitoring and reviewing service demands
- Excellent report writing and recording skills
- In depth knowledge of The Care Act 2014, eligibility criteria and adult social care "best practice
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and its implications for service users and carers
- Health and Safety in the workplace and lone working legislation and risk assessment
- Knowledge and training in Adult Protection, Including Investigator Training. Working knowledge of The Trust Multi-Agency Safeguarding Policy
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with a broad range of people
- Commitment to the concepts of a strength base service, quality standards and service user choice within the context of best value
Desirable
- Knowledge of Continuing NHS Care criteria/ Registered Nursing Care (RNCC) Contribution
- Knowledge of Direct Payments
- Knowledge of Intermediate Care
- Experience of drawing up and managing Risk enablement plans
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Relevant professional Social Work qualification - Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social Services
- Current registration with SW England
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma in social care, supplemented by further specialist knowledge, for example in needs of a specific client group, experience to master's equivalent level
- Current registration with the General Social
- PQ and commitment to post qualification training
Desirable
- Post-qualifying experience
- AMHP
- BIA qualification
- Management/ Leadership Qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience in a leadership/management
- Role modelling good practice for social care staff within the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of Court Work i.e. Court of Protection
- Experience of working with complex mental health clients
- Experience of providing formal supervision
- Ability to plan and direct complex service demands
- Experience of chairing meetings i.e. Safeguarding, Best Interest
- Experience of overseeing complex Safeguarding investigations
- Experience of positive risks management planning individuals
- Ability to think laterally within Departmental eligibility criteria, whilst maximising quality outcomes from resources
- Ability to work on own initiative while making positive use of supervision and training
- Ability to use IT-based Care management systems
- Ability to make statutory decisions in accordance with the statutory requirements in a timely manner, and within an often challenging and demanding environment
- Ability to manage time effectively in assessing, planning, monitoring and reviewing service demands
- Excellent report writing and recording skills
- In depth knowledge of The Care Act 2014, eligibility criteria and adult social care "best practice
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and its implications for service users and carers
- Health and Safety in the workplace and lone working legislation and risk assessment
- Knowledge and training in Adult Protection, Including Investigator Training. Working knowledge of The Trust Multi-Agency Safeguarding Policy
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with a broad range of people
- Commitment to the concepts of a strength base service, quality standards and service user choice within the context of best value
Desirable
- Knowledge of Continuing NHS Care criteria/ Registered Nursing Care (RNCC) Contribution
- Knowledge of Direct Payments
- Knowledge of Intermediate Care
- Experience of drawing up and managing Risk enablement plans
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).
