Job summary
The Social Worker will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing best practice care and treatment for young people and adults who require inpatient treatment for an eating disorder. As the Social Worker at Riverdale, you will be expected to carry out the outlined duties, treating with respect the individuals and families you work with.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a social work service for adolescents and adults with eating disorders. They will work with patients and carers in a safe and supportive way, aiming to facilitate recovery and transition from an in-patient environment by being pragmatic in approach and identifying practical ways in which they can support treatment progression and recovery.
The post holder will take a leading role with carers, ensuring communication and collaboration is integral to practice. More specifically this will involve facilitating the carers programme and adherence to the carers pathway.
The post holder will provide leadership, guidance and training to colleagues regarding safeguarding, capacity and consent, best interests decision making, social care issues.
About us
Riverdale is a specialist eating disorder hospital for the treatment of young people aged 12 to 18 years and for adults over 18 years. The hospital provides high quality care, led by experienced consultant Psychiatrists and delivered by a team with clinical expertise with an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship within a welcoming and supportive environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core Responsibilities:
- To provide specialist treatment to adult and adolescent patients within the inpatient, hospital setting of Riverdale Grange.
- To provide clear and informative summaries detailing progress and recommendations regarding future intervention for monthly CPA review meetings.
- To contribute to MDT meetings (ward rounds) to help formulate clinical decision making.
- To facilitate joint sessions with families and CAMHS/Adult professionals and/or the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure collaborative working and smooth handover from inpatient services to community services.
- To work in ways that meet the needs of people from diverse racial, cultural, religious, sexual and different backgrounds and lifestyles.
- To plan and prioritise their own workload, working autonomously and independently in day-to-day practice, whilst coordinating and collaborating with team members and colleagues in other agencies.
- To chair multi-professional/multi-agency/best interest meetings as required.
- To provide supervision and guidance to colleagues regarding social care and safeguarding issues.
- To liaise with local safeguarding teams were indicated
- To support the hospital wide training programme by facilitating face to face Safeguarding training; Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act training.
- To participate in service development and improvement, particularly in response to patient/carer feedback.
- To participate in the development and audit of care pathways, particularly those concerning families and carers.
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential:
- Honours or post graduate degree in Social Work or equivalent (approved by the regulator, Social Work England)
- To be an accredited member of Social Work England
- The ability to engage and understand young people, adult patients and their families and provide the required support.
- To be able to integrate current systemic approaches with the evidence-based methodologies of treatments.
- Ability to make highly skilled evaluations and informed decisions about treatment and therapy within the context of complex relationship factors.
- To be able to attend to and regulate highly expressed emotion within patient/family sessions and work positively in a difficult and challenging environment.
- Ability to use outcome measures and session evaluation measures collaboratively with patients and families.
- Demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity issues and put this knowledge into practice in the workplace.
- Sound knowledge and awareness of safeguarding issues for adults and children and young people; ability to identify when to follow Hospital policy and procedure in raising these issues and referring to other services.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage own time.
Desirable:
- Post-qualification experience of working with children and young people in a mental health service.
- Post-qualification experience of working in a clinical setting with people with eating disorders.
- Knowledge and experience of working with mental health difficulties in young people and adults.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of multi-agency working.
- To be able to utilise the principles FT-AN or FBT in an inpatient setting.
- To provide systemic family therapy drawing upon current and up to date theoretical models.
- Experience of carrying out supervision in both an individual and group setting.
- Experience of writing training packages and delivering training to staff, carers and other agencies/professional groups.
- Knowledge and understanding of ASC and how ASC and eating disorders may inter-relate.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and DOLs
- Knowledge and experience of the Care Programme Approach.
- Registered AMHP.
Professional:
- To attend to personal and professional development needs in line with the requirements of AFT.
- To maintain accreditation and registration as a Social Worker.
- To access external supervision in line with the requirements of AFT.
Information management/ Organisational:
- To ensure all patient records are accurate and entered, in a timely manner, onto the electronic record keeping systemin line with Data Protection principles.
- Able to use IT and electronic health recording systems.
- To contribute to the hospital wide Clinical Governance programme to improve service delivery.
- To contribute to good data collection and use this in a meaningful way with patients and families.
- Support audits, service evaluation and/or research projects undertaken within the MDT.
- Remain up to date with current knowledge, research and practice.
- To ensure all policies and procedures are read, understood, adhered to and carried out.
- Report any untoward incidents and safeguarding concerns in line with Riverdale policy and procedures.
- To escalate to the Senior Management team and Consultant, areas of concern regarding treatment or adherence to treatment plans.
- Work towards ensuring Riverdale maintains a high profile in the eating disorders networks, particularly in the SYB provider collaborative and external stakeholders.
- To deliver presentations regarding the work entailed in the role and services provided to carers to relevant clinical networks where required.
- To work within CQC, QNIC and QED standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core Responsibilities:
- To provide specialist treatment to adult and adolescent patients within the inpatient, hospital setting of Riverdale Grange.
- To provide clear and informative summaries detailing progress and recommendations regarding future intervention for monthly CPA review meetings.
- To contribute to MDT meetings (ward rounds) to help formulate clinical decision making.
- To facilitate joint sessions with families and CAMHS/Adult professionals and/or the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure collaborative working and smooth handover from inpatient services to community services.
- To work in ways that meet the needs of people from diverse racial, cultural, religious, sexual and different backgrounds and lifestyles.
- To plan and prioritise their own workload, working autonomously and independently in day-to-day practice, whilst coordinating and collaborating with team members and colleagues in other agencies.
- To chair multi-professional/multi-agency/best interest meetings as required.
- To provide supervision and guidance to colleagues regarding social care and safeguarding issues.
- To liaise with local safeguarding teams were indicated
- To support the hospital wide training programme by facilitating face to face Safeguarding training; Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act training.
- To participate in service development and improvement, particularly in response to patient/carer feedback.
- To participate in the development and audit of care pathways, particularly those concerning families and carers.
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential:
- Honours or post graduate degree in Social Work or equivalent (approved by the regulator, Social Work England)
- To be an accredited member of Social Work England
- The ability to engage and understand young people, adult patients and their families and provide the required support.
- To be able to integrate current systemic approaches with the evidence-based methodologies of treatments.
- Ability to make highly skilled evaluations and informed decisions about treatment and therapy within the context of complex relationship factors.
- To be able to attend to and regulate highly expressed emotion within patient/family sessions and work positively in a difficult and challenging environment.
- Ability to use outcome measures and session evaluation measures collaboratively with patients and families.
- Demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity issues and put this knowledge into practice in the workplace.
- Sound knowledge and awareness of safeguarding issues for adults and children and young people; ability to identify when to follow Hospital policy and procedure in raising these issues and referring to other services.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage own time.
Desirable:
- Post-qualification experience of working with children and young people in a mental health service.
- Post-qualification experience of working in a clinical setting with people with eating disorders.
- Knowledge and experience of working with mental health difficulties in young people and adults.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of multi-agency working.
- To be able to utilise the principles FT-AN or FBT in an inpatient setting.
- To provide systemic family therapy drawing upon current and up to date theoretical models.
- Experience of carrying out supervision in both an individual and group setting.
- Experience of writing training packages and delivering training to staff, carers and other agencies/professional groups.
- Knowledge and understanding of ASC and how ASC and eating disorders may inter-relate.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and DOLs
- Knowledge and experience of the Care Programme Approach.
- Registered AMHP.
Professional:
- To attend to personal and professional development needs in line with the requirements of AFT.
- To maintain accreditation and registration as a Social Worker.
- To access external supervision in line with the requirements of AFT.
Information management/ Organisational:
- To ensure all patient records are accurate and entered, in a timely manner, onto the electronic record keeping systemin line with Data Protection principles.
- Able to use IT and electronic health recording systems.
- To contribute to the hospital wide Clinical Governance programme to improve service delivery.
- To contribute to good data collection and use this in a meaningful way with patients and families.
- Support audits, service evaluation and/or research projects undertaken within the MDT.
- Remain up to date with current knowledge, research and practice.
- To ensure all policies and procedures are read, understood, adhered to and carried out.
- Report any untoward incidents and safeguarding concerns in line with Riverdale policy and procedures.
- To escalate to the Senior Management team and Consultant, areas of concern regarding treatment or adherence to treatment plans.
- Work towards ensuring Riverdale maintains a high profile in the eating disorders networks, particularly in the SYB provider collaborative and external stakeholders.
- To deliver presentations regarding the work entailed in the role and services provided to carers to relevant clinical networks where required.
- To work within CQC, QNIC and QED standards.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate degree in Social Work or equivalent course as accredited by Social Work England.
Desirable
- Professional Registration with Social Work England.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate degree in Social Work or equivalent course as accredited by Social Work England.
Desirable
- Professional Registration with Social Work England.
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).
