Social Worker - Working Age Mental Health Services

West Sussex County Council

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Job summary

In this challenging, but rewarding role, you will be required to act as allocated social worker responsible for delivering a statutory social work service to those people who access or need specialist mental health services, to include assessment, planning, implementing and review. This includes being responsible for leading on specialist areas of service delivery (for example peri-natal, early intervention, transitions and homelessness), ensuring that key developments are communicated to colleagues and that business change is successfully implemented.

You will work as part of a geographically based specialist mental health social work team, providing a service to people who are aged 18-65, with occasional contact with young people in transition, who are under 18.

You will work effectively in partnership with other staff, teams and agencies, both internal to the Council and external, including Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Key Skills:

1. Ability to analyse and interpret people related information and data in order to prioritise needs and formulate plans for intervention and service provision.

2. Ability to undertake direct work with those who access or need the service in order to support individuals. Ability to work in partnership with carers, colleagues and a variety of external agencies in order to deliver the most effective service.

3. Ability to work proactively as a member of the team to make an accurate assessment of needs and negotiate and implement effective plans and outcomes.

4. Ability to remain up to date with key legislation and apply legislative requirements within social work practice.

5. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral format including the ability to explain complicated information to a wide range of people and negotiate and persuade others to adopt a particular course of action.

6. Ability to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, and to seek appropriate support, advice and supervision.

About us

Working for us at West Sussex County Council is all about making a positive difference to the people of West Sussex. The Working Age Mental Health Service (WAMHS) team has a vacancy for a full time Social Worker with demonstrable post-qualifying experience. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work within the WAMHS team co-ordinating all aspects of Health and Social Care needs for users with severe and enduring mental health challenges. If this sounds like an interesting opportunity for you, why not join us and lets make a difference to our communities together!

Date posted

12 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£33,945 to £44,428 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

F0052-CAFHE05231

Job locations

West Sussex County Council - Parkside

Madeira Ave

Horsham

West Sussex

RH12 1AB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full detail regarding this role. We are open to recruiting at Social Worker or Senior Social Worker level for this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full detail regarding this role. We are open to recruiting at Social Worker or Senior Social Worker level for this vacancy.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

You will be passionate about delivering high quality social work services and will have experience of, or an interest in, working with people with a wide range of mental illness. Youll be able to demonstrate a desire to support people to improve their lives, by ensuring that they have opportunities to manage their mental health and engage with community activities.
To be qualified for this role, you will possess the ability to influence in a multidisciplinary setting and communicate clearly and effectively to explain complicated information to a wide range of people, negotiate and persuade others to adopt a particular course of action that they may not otherwise wish to take.
You will demonstrate a good theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge of social work concepts, and evidence of dealing with varied and complex issues and cases. You will have a good understanding of the necessity of working with partnership agencies including health, housing, education and statutory, voluntary and independent agencies.

Qualifications

Essential

*Degree in relevant professional or equivalent qualification e.g. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work.
*Registration with the relevant professional registration body and
responsibility for maintaining registration with that body.
*Full, valid driving licence.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

You will be passionate about delivering high quality social work services and will have experience of, or an interest in, working with people with a wide range of mental illness. Youll be able to demonstrate a desire to support people to improve their lives, by ensuring that they have opportunities to manage their mental health and engage with community activities.
To be qualified for this role, you will possess the ability to influence in a multidisciplinary setting and communicate clearly and effectively to explain complicated information to a wide range of people, negotiate and persuade others to adopt a particular course of action that they may not otherwise wish to take.
You will demonstrate a good theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge of social work concepts, and evidence of dealing with varied and complex issues and cases. You will have a good understanding of the necessity of working with partnership agencies including health, housing, education and statutory, voluntary and independent agencies.

Qualifications

Essential

*Degree in relevant professional or equivalent qualification e.g. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work.
*Registration with the relevant professional registration body and
responsibility for maintaining registration with that body.
*Full, valid driving licence.

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.