Job summary
Are you a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker looking for an exciting and rewarding role? Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and training opportunities? Would you like your career to take a different direction into a friendly and professional organisation?
If the answer is yes, you would be well-suited to the Senior Mental Health Social Worker role that we have at Department for Community Mental Health RAF Leeming.
Our successful candidate will provide effective Mental Health Social Work in support of the designated Mental Health Team.
Benefits:
- £2000 Market
Supplement
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- Access to the Civil Service pension scheme.
- Excellent training and development opportunities leading to possible
advancement and promotion.
- Free parking.
- Access to gym.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of this role will include but not be limited to:
- To provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services.
- Contribute to the development of service delivery, suggesting developmental initiatives in support of observations
- Manage patient caseloads according to Defence Community Mental Health (DCMH) allocation processes and practices as directed by the clinical team lead / Manager and the MHSW Regional Lead.
- Support the management of the DCMH by providing direct delivery advice for MHSW to the DCMH line manager and or the MHSW Regional Lead
- Support management and DCMH by providing advice and support on safeguarding issues and practice as DCMH Safeguarding Lead
- Undertake such additional clinical/management tasks as may be appropriate to the grade and the role agreed in discussion with their line manager / Regional lead / HoS.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for further information.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Selection Process
The selection at
sift stage will be based on your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you
have the required skills, qualifications, and memberships in your application and that
you have saved it using your surname then first name prior to submitting your
application.
At interview, you
will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Leadership.
- Changing and Improving.
- Making Effective Decisions.
- Communicating and Influencing.
- Working Together.
- Managing a Quality Service.
Further Information
There is no
requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will
form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Requests to work
flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.
This job role may
be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and
voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your
permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work
is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is
suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working
will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Travel to interview
costs will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible to
be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be
held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Successful
candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
This vacancy is
part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information
copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk:
Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.
All employees
joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to
a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the
employment start date.
As a result of the
changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021,
the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa
under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business
critical.
We encourage all
our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further
information document for full details.
If found successful
for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to
Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the
offer of employment being withdrawn.
The role currently
being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT
open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the point-
based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require
sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of
employment withdrawn.
Please ensure you
have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Selection Process
The selection at
sift stage will be based on your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you
have the required skills, qualifications, and memberships in your application and that
you have saved it using your surname then first name prior to submitting your
application.
At interview, you
will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Leadership.
- Changing and Improving.
- Making Effective Decisions.
- Communicating and Influencing.
- Working Together.
- Managing a Quality Service.
Further Information
There is no
requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will
form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Requests to work
flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.
This job role may
be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and
voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your
permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work
is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is
suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working
will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Travel to interview
costs will not be reimbursed.
To be eligible to
be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be
held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Successful
candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
This vacancy is
part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information
copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk:
Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.
All employees
joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to
a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the
employment start date.
As a result of the
changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021,
the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa
under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business
critical.
We encourage all
our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further
information document for full details.
If found successful
for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to
Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the
offer of employment being withdrawn.
The role currently
being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT
open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the point-
based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require
sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of
employment withdrawn.
Please ensure you
have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be an appropriately qualified and experienced Mental Health Social Work Practitioner. Be registered with the Social Work England, SSSC, the CCW or NISCC.
- Degree in Social Work or equivalent Diploma in Social Work (DipSW)/ Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW).
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- An understanding and working knowledge of all relevant social care legislation Mental Health Act (MHA) (83), Mental Capacity Act (MCA) (05) Including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS (LPS)), Care Act 14, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (98) Adult and Children Safeguarding.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be an appropriately qualified and experienced Mental Health Social Work Practitioner. Be registered with the Social Work England, SSSC, the CCW or NISCC.
- Degree in Social Work or equivalent Diploma in Social Work (DipSW)/ Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW).
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- An understanding and working knowledge of all relevant social care legislation Mental Health Act (MHA) (83), Mental Capacity Act (MCA) (05) Including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS (LPS)), Care Act 14, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (98) Adult and Children Safeguarding.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible.
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).
