Job summary
The Perinatal Mental Health Service is a growing specialist service for women and their families in Sheffield. We are excited to have received investment to expand the service, and are now recruiting more staff to come and join our team.
We are looking for a social worker to join our team with a real passion for perinatal mental health. Experience in this field is not essential and full induction is offered, but you will be keen to develop a career in this area. You should have attained a level of experience proportionate to the competencies detailed in the job description, possess the skills as detailed in the person specification and be able to work autonomously and with partner agencies. We are a trauma informed service that seeks to understand presenting difficulties in the context of people's whole lives and work with that to promote understanding. You will be a compassionate practitioner who wants to make a difference to families.
We are inviting applications from those seeking both part time and full time positions.
Main duties of the job
To provide social work input and interventions, working in tandem with the multi-disciplinary team in the Perinatal Mental Health Service, providing a service for patients experiencing and recovering from perinatal mental health problems.
The post holder will lead and contribute to the provision of a comprehensive range of evidence-based interventions, including as a Lead Professional for a defined caseload.
The post holder will have a good understanding of trauma informed practice and systemic approaches to mental health care.
To be accountable for a clinical caseload delivering appropriate and effective evidence-based care to meet the needs of patients.
To work collaboratively with patients and their families to facilitate and promote rehabilitation and recovery helping patients to achieve and maintain their optimum level of mental health functioning and quality of life in the community.
To work in conjunction with the wider team to develop and deliver high quality, safe and effective services, in accordance with key national targets, clinical standards, service priorities and key performance indicators.
To be a key point of liaison between the service and the safeguarding systems and processes which affect our client group, and to represent the service in key safeguarding forums and processes.
To work in partnership with commissioners and other partner agencies to provide perinatal services that achieve the best possible outcomes for service users and their families.
About us
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS FT is a major employer and provider of services. Our service users, carers and staff are central, and our values are important, for the delivery of high-quality care. We actively seek out individuals who share these values:
- Working together for service users
- Respect and kindness
- Everyone counts
- Commitment to quality
- Improving lives
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage an assigned caseload as a Lead professional, delivering effective evidence-based care. To plan and implement individual strategies of care to meet identified needs in conjunction with the patient, their families, and members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
To contribute to the care plans and case management of service users and their families where there is a role for Social Work in the case.
To carry out comprehensive initial assessments, including risk assessment, liaison with other services involved with the family and thorough reviews of clinical documentation. To be able to formulate presenting difficulties and generate plans by which to address these difficulties, including risk management and safeguarding practices.
To generate and evaluate collaborative care plans and outcomes regularly and modify as required ensuring any social care specific information is accurately recorded.
To attend Child Protection Case Conferences and Safeguarding planning meetings and complete and provide guidance to the team around Child Protection reports and court reports as required.
To attend and participate in MDTMs and all statutory meetings as required and ensure documentation standards are met.
To liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team and otheragencies involved in the care of the individual thereby maintaining and enhancing close professional working relationships.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage an assigned caseload as a Lead professional, delivering effective evidence-based care. To plan and implement individual strategies of care to meet identified needs in conjunction with the patient, their families, and members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
To contribute to the care plans and case management of service users and their families where there is a role for Social Work in the case.
To carry out comprehensive initial assessments, including risk assessment, liaison with other services involved with the family and thorough reviews of clinical documentation. To be able to formulate presenting difficulties and generate plans by which to address these difficulties, including risk management and safeguarding practices.
To generate and evaluate collaborative care plans and outcomes regularly and modify as required ensuring any social care specific information is accurately recorded.
To attend Child Protection Case Conferences and Safeguarding planning meetings and complete and provide guidance to the team around Child Protection reports and court reports as required.
To attend and participate in MDTMs and all statutory meetings as required and ensure documentation standards are met.
To liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team and otheragencies involved in the care of the individual thereby maintaining and enhancing close professional working relationships.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Understanding of the risks associated with women in the perinatal period.
- Ability to navigate safeguarding processes and systems and build effective working relationships to ensure service users and their families are safeguarded.
- Understanding of Equal Opportunities' Policy.
- Knowledge of the National Health Service and related organisations
- Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity
- Act, the Care Act and other relevant legislation
- Ability to fulfil a Lead Professional role.
- Assessment and organisational skills. Ability to prioritise work.
- Able to provide a range of social work interventions.
- Problem solving skills.
- Evidence of co-ordinating and planning interagency approaches to mental health care.
- Ability to work as part of a team and also without direct supervision.
- Excellent communication skills in individual and group settings
- High standards of literacy and IT skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Perinatal Mental Health issues and their impact on families.
- Trauma informed clinician.
- Knowledge of attachment.
- Skilled in engagement, assessment and relationship building.
- Excellent communication skills.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree, Diploma or equivalent in Social Work.
- Current registration with Social Work England
- Safeguarding training children and adults
Desirable
- Relevant post qualification mental health training
- Training in Perinatal MH
- Student assessor training
- Safeguarding supervision/supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience in social work in the field of mental health
- Management of complex needs
- Management of complex safeguarding situations involving children and adults
Desirable
- Has worked in multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of working with Perinatal Mental Health problems
- Crisis working
- Lead professional experience
- Has delivered safeguarding supervision
Other
Essential
- Willingness to work flexibly.
- Own car for work use and clean licence
- Commitment to working from the team base.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Understanding of the risks associated with women in the perinatal period.
- Ability to navigate safeguarding processes and systems and build effective working relationships to ensure service users and their families are safeguarded.
- Understanding of Equal Opportunities' Policy.
- Knowledge of the National Health Service and related organisations
- Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity
- Act, the Care Act and other relevant legislation
- Ability to fulfil a Lead Professional role.
- Assessment and organisational skills. Ability to prioritise work.
- Able to provide a range of social work interventions.
- Problem solving skills.
- Evidence of co-ordinating and planning interagency approaches to mental health care.
- Ability to work as part of a team and also without direct supervision.
- Excellent communication skills in individual and group settings
- High standards of literacy and IT skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Perinatal Mental Health issues and their impact on families.
- Trauma informed clinician.
- Knowledge of attachment.
- Skilled in engagement, assessment and relationship building.
- Excellent communication skills.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree, Diploma or equivalent in Social Work.
- Current registration with Social Work England
- Safeguarding training children and adults
Desirable
- Relevant post qualification mental health training
- Training in Perinatal MH
- Student assessor training
- Safeguarding supervision/supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience in social work in the field of mental health
- Management of complex needs
- Management of complex safeguarding situations involving children and adults
Desirable
- Has worked in multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of working with Perinatal Mental Health problems
- Crisis working
- Lead professional experience
- Has delivered safeguarding supervision
Other
Essential
- Willingness to work flexibly.
- Own car for work use and clean licence
- Commitment to working from the team base.
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).
