Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the
role include but are not limited to:
- To provide effective Mental Health
Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental
Health, Network, 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 team 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 /Head of Service (HoS).
Please refer to the
attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.
Selection Process:
Atapplicationstage you will be assessed against the following:
CV:
Please ensure you demonstrate
that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and
memberships in the CV section of the application form.
Please provide information of
how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to
further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated
the skills outlined in the job advert.
Artificial Intelligence can be
a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements
provided must be truthful, factuallyaccurateand taken directly from
your own experience. Where plagiarism has beenidentified(presenting
the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence,
as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be
subject to disciplinary action. Please seeourcandidate guidancefor more information
onappropriateand inappropriate use.
https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/
Atinterviewyou
will be assessed against the following:
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
The interviewmayconsist
of a mix of direct questions and clinicalsituation-basedscenarios.
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,volunteeringor home;
match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word
limit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEpdNWKQSRI
NHS Knowledge and Skills
Framework-https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf
The sift will be completed
within10working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will
be heldon a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement
for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly
and/or part time will be considered,taking into accountbusiness
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 BPSS check.
Iffoundsuccessful
for this position, you willbe requiredto provide evidence of your
immunity to Hepatitis B.Please note that evidence of your vaccination is
not a proof of yourimmunity,but your serology levels will
berequired. 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
tosubmittingyour 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, excessfaresor 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
toadviseus that you needadditionalhelp or reasonable
adjustments for the recruitment process, please contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@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, inthe majority ofcases, prevent employment in MOD, but it
is a measure that must be taken to ensure thatappropriate
mitigationscan 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
azero toleranceapproach 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.
