Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not 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 for further details.
Selection Process:
The selection at
sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you
will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Changing and Improving.
- Making Effective Decisions.
- Communicating and Influencing.
- Working Together.
- Managing a Quality Service.
Additionally, at interview a case study will be required, the case study will be provided 10 minutes before the interview.
Further Information:
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required
skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section
of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
When choosing your behaviour examples, please make sure you
use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology
may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or
those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the
vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for
the interview.
Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into
account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time
hours are undertaken.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements
before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice
preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour
based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on
situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the
behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEpdNWKQSRI
If found successful for this position, you will be required
to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence
of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels
will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the
offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and
memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
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.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home,
excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be
eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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. This role does not meet that
category and we will not sponsor a visa.It is therefore NOT
open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for
Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality
of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates
with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or
reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and
healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the
benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of
second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the
Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco
products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be
permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force
and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD
personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with
the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already
in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
