Job responsibilities
As a Social Worker, you can be the reason why lives change for the better, helping some of the most vulnerable people gain a brighter future.
With previous experience from the NHS or private care, you can join the multidisciplinary team at Chadwick Lodge in Milton Keynes, which has a strong emphasis on teamwork, and where you will provide care for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.
As a Social Worker you will manage a complex caseload and be responsible for social care assessments, risk assessments, facilitate group activities, and will contribute to ICR meetings, supporting service users to make viable plans for their future.
You report to the Lead Social worker, and will manage internal investigations and liaise with home authorities for service users during their admission and discharging process, while enjoying access to a range of training opportunities that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations.
A career at Elysium is one that you can take pride in, knowing that you will be instrumental in helping people to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently. Its what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
As a Social Worker you will be:
- Referrals to Local Authority in line with safeguarding and assessments
- Liaising and working closely with MAPPA
- Experience of presenting reports in formal setting, e.g. First Tier Tribunals Mental Health and Associate hospital Managers Hearings
- Educating Hospital staff about relevant safeguarding matters.
- Completing a full annual social care reassessment within the CPA format.
- Facilitating access to welfare rights, housing, advocacy services and associated support services
- Participating in 1:1 supervision
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- Social Work England registration
- A Social Work degree
- Completed ASYE programme
- 2 years post qualifying experience
- Experience within Forensic, Criminal Justice or Mental Health setting
Where you will be working Location:ChadwickDrive(offSaxonStreet),Eaglestone,MiltonKeynes, Buckinghamshire,MK65LS You will be working at Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View, amedium and low secure services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour. The service offer a broad spectrum of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, involving service usersat every stage. The hospital’s consultant-led multidisciplinary team has a wealth of clinical and research experience in forensic psychiatry. All programmes are designed to reduce the risk of re-offending and to maximise the potential and enhance the quality of life of eachservice users. Chadwick Lodge secure services care forservice userswith complex and enduring mental illness who need to achieve stability in order to benefit from multidisciplinary interventions, helping them move on to community settings whenever possible.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of up to £37,000
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
