Social Worker – Mental Health & Wellbeing Team linking with Primary Care Mental Health

Social Worker – Mental Health & Wellbeing Team linking with Primary Care Mental Health

Permanent, Full Time

£36,101 to £48,622 per annum

Location: Colchester or Tendring

Working Style: Community-based worker

We welcome applications from Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) for
this opportunity. The starting salary for a NQSW completing the ASYE
programme is £33,885 per annum.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Apply now.

Essex County Council is excited to introduce two new Social Worker roles
which support Community Mental Health Transformation in North East Essex. One post will cover the Colchester area and the other will cover Tendring.

The posts will work closely with the Senior Social Worker within the Multi
Professional Single Point of Access Team in Essex Partnership University
NHS Foundation Trust to build strong Social Work practice within Primary
Care Mental Health and ensure the principles of the Care Act are at the
centre of conversations with adults. The posts will be hosted in the Adult
Social Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Team and they will focus on
providing an enhanced social care offer within Mental health services,
enabling intervention as early as possible in line with our
responsibilities to ‘Prevent, Reduce and Delay’ the onset of people’s needs.

You will be able to manage the demands of a caseload and support health and
social care colleagues with complex cases and navigating services. You will
work collaboratively with statutory and non-statutory/voluntary agencies,
ensuring a joined-up approach to reduce risk and ensure people are bridged
to the most appropriate service for them to meet their needs as early as
possible.

We are looking for someone committed to person centred work with
individuals and families focusing on their strengths, interests and assets
in accordance with the Care Act (2014). As part of a partnership and
collaborative working, you will support the understanding and knowledge of
the role of social work within mental health and the importance of the
social determinants of health and how they impact people’s lives.

This role requires balancing direct work to support people with their own
mental wellbeing alongside assessment/review for eligibility for
commissioned services. Whilst ensuring they are balancing need with
finance. Experience of statutory social work, modelling good practice and
providing advice and guidance is essential in this role.

Working pattern is Monday-Friday, working flexibility to meet the demands
of the service. A hybrid way of working to ensure flexibility for the
service is essential.

Key Roles, Skills and Responsibilities:

• Assess complex social care needs and provide support to
  vulnerable adults, which enable them to live healthily and independently·
• Develop support plans that gain commitment to solutions that
  drive the care required for each individual’s needs.
• Accountable for working within the statutory legal framework,
  policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory
  intervention has been reached.
  
• Accountable for conducting assessments and plan responses to
  safeguard a child or vulnerable adult include intervention as required.
  
• Develop a client centric approach which enables early
  intervention and prevention and increases independence.
  
• Work with families, communities and individuals to help people
  age well supporting the Council’s wider strategic aims.
  
• Support the Senior Social Worker with the upskilling of health
  partners, ensuring Care Act compliance across primary care.
  
• Support consultations around mental health with professionals
  within Adult Social Care and Children and Families social care within your
  area.
• Support other primary care services such as the Primary Care
  Mental Health Team’s with development of social care knowledge.
  
• 
  Supervision of unqualified social care staff when required.
  
• 
  Provide a clear picture of how a person’s independence can be
  promoted and maximised. Promote conversations to draw on the
  support around each person, their networks, local community and
  personal resources and support with delivering statutory
  responsibilities under the Care Act (2014).
  
• 
  Establish therapeutic relationships with service users, their
  families and carers. Supporting them to utilise self help options
  and bridging them to appropriate services.
  
• 
  Utilising direct work skills to improve a person’s mental
  wellbeing.
  
• 
  Linking in with local communities and services to understand the
  demographic in which you are working.
  
• 
  Undertake risk assessments and develop risk management plans.
  Ability to support positive risk taking.
  
• 
  Ability to work in accordance with the relevant legislation,
  (including the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act
  2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2009 and related Codes,
  the Human Rights Act 1998, Equality Act 2010 and local policy.
• Support health staff with the understanding of the statutory
  responsibility for the assessment of carer’s (including young
  carer’s) needs and ensure advice and information is provided.
  


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  Prepare and present clear assessments and other reports as
  necessary to set out the basis of decisions made. Maintain all
  records to a high standard in accordance with relevant
  legislation, policy and procedures. Provide information, written
  assessments, reports and statements to support other service
  professionals, managers and agencies in making decisions related to
  care.
  


• 
  Be able to work flexibly across areas and teams as required by the
  service.
  


• 
  Complete mandatory training required by ECC.
  


• 
  You will use digital and technology solutions where they will meet
  the need and offer a more sustainable approach.
• Providing support to the Neighbourhood alliances to support a
  joined-up approach and working together to improve the wellbeing
  of the residents of Essex.
  


• 
  Review care and support in line with guidance.
  


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  To understand and utilise Health and Social Care commissioned
  services, demonstrating an understanding of eligibility criteria
  for social care services, and working in collaboration with
  nursing and other health care professions in a recovery focused
  way.
  

About You

To apply you should be a qualified social worker with a current Social Work
England registration. You’ll bring at experience in working within mental
health and delivering direct work, along with evidence of continuing
professional development, and capability of practice in accordance with
current professional standards.

As, as a subject matter expert in relevant professional practice, you
should have a comprehensive understanding of current legislation,
regulations, and guidance. With experience of chairing meetings involving
clients, family members, carers, and other multi-agency professionals, and
the ability to deliver direct work, we’re looking for your ability to
develop strong relationships with partner agencies and the local community
to provide a supportive framework for vulnerable adults.

You’ll also bring:

• Experience of developing strong working relationships with
  partners, other agencies and the voluntary sector to deliver improved
  outcomes.
  
• Strong communication skills and an ability to develop a rapport
  and engage with diverse groups of individuals.
  
• Ability to pro-actively influence in a range of planning, decision
  making and case discussions inter-agency.
  
• Understanding of the financial implications of care packages
  commissioned.
  
• Evidence of clear decision making in order to highlight and limit
  the potential risks associated with intervention.
  
• Ability to demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory
  and relevant practical experience in order to understand service users with
  complex needs, their families and carers.
  
• Evidence of continuing professional development and demonstrable
  capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards
  e.g. professional capability framework, knowledge and skills statement.
  
• Experience within a social care setting with evidence of
  challenging social and family situations.
  

This role involves travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or
the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other
means - is essential.

What We Offer In Return

We’ll support you to be your best…

• 
  Training and development to empower you from our award-winning
  Essex Social Care Academy.
  


• 
  With us you can make your career work for you with flexible
  working options
  


• 
  With us you can get the support you need with employee wellbeing
  and counselling
  


• 
  Lease Car scheme
  


• 
  Up to £8000 for relocation *
  


• 
  With us you can have peace of mind with life assurance of three
  times annual salary
  


• 
  Payment of professional fees for approved professions
  


• 
  Local Government Pension Scheme. View
  
  Key Facts and
  
  FAQ’s about the LGPS.
  


• 
  Volunteering leave
  


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  27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service
  


• 
  Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - access to free and
  confidential information, support, and guidance from a team of
  highly qualified professionals.
  


• 
  Employee Networks – communities to support you, connect you and
  help influence change at ECC
  

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it
here.

*T&Cs Apply.

Apply now.

For more information visit our

Adult Social Care Brochure or contact

Abbie.Mollison@essex.gov.uk

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