Job summary
- Main area
- Bank Social Worker
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank: Temporary - Right to Work/VISA is required
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 367-Bank-B6-SocialWorker
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rosanne House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HG
- Town
- Welwyn
- Salary
- £35,392 p.a pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Band 6, Social Worker, Eating Disorders, Welwyn
Band 6
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
We are currently looking for a Band 6 Social Worker to work on a Bank agreement for our Eating Disorders team in Rosanne House, Welwyn. All applicants must have previous experience in Eating Disorders
As a Social Worker, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing high quality social care services to adults of all ages experiencing mental ill-health. The core functions of the role will be to provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care from a social perspective to adults accessing the service.
You will actively address adversity and will support adults at risk of social exclusion and assist adults accessing support to deal with a range of adverse circumstances.
You will hold a caseload which will comprise of adults with a moderate to severe eating disorder and with social care needs. You will ensure that you maintain constant reflection on and development of your practice and will ensure your continuing professional development in line with the standards set out by the professional regulator, Social Work England.
You will be expected to work in partnership with service users and carers, so that they can feel empowered, and services can be improved because of feedback of their experiences.
Partnership working is a key component of this post, both within and outside of the Trust, and you will need to be innovative in ensuring that there is a range of appropriate services locally to support individual recovery journeys.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be expected to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team. They will need to work in partnership with service users and carers and a wide range of stakeholders within and outside of the Trust. They will need to demonstrate principles of dignity and respect, focusing on personalisation, choice, and control. They will be a champion and expert in the field of social care and safeguarding and will be responsible for ensuring that colleagues within the service provide high quality social care services.
The postholder will receive and share highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information about service users and carers with other professionals and key stakeholders both within and outside of the Trust. Information will include assessment and details of risk and may be conveyed in a hostile or highly emotive atmosphere. Communication may focus on issues of a highly sensitive nature, e.g. child protection, adult safeguarding, Mental Health Act assessments. Social workers are professionally accountable for information which may be shared formally, either verbally or in writing. Communication with some service users and carers may be controversial and received with hostility and/or rejection.
PLEASE SEE JD ATTACHED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
With a workforce of c. 3,000 and an annual income of c. £200m, the Trust is organised across three Strategic Business Units and provides integrated health and social care services through a large network of community and inpatient settings, serving diverse communities across Hertfordshire, Norfolk, North Essex and Buckinghamshire. As a university trust, HPFT continues to develop strong links with the University of Hertfordshire providing excellent learning and development opportunities, as well as strengthening our clinical research capability.
Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. Building on the CQC ‘ Outstanding’ rating given by the CQC in 2019, we remain on our “Good to Great” journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and ultimately deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
In our recent NHS Trust Survey, 95% of staff feel their role makes a difference to Service Users, 90% are enthusiastic about their roles and people would recommend us as a place to work
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
1. To be a champion of social care with a comprehensive understanding of legislation and statutory guidance.
2. To take a lead in the promotion of adult safeguarding practice and undertake safeguarding enquires and contribute to the provision of care plans that protect both adults and children from abuse.
3. To undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, for people who may present with a high risk, or those with significant interpersonal, social, legal and/or environmental complexities, ensuring people are assessed appropriately against social care eligibility criteria as defined by The Care Act 2014.
4. To offer direct support to service users and their carers, and to colleagues, through information and advice, to ensure that those who do not meet social care eligibility are appropriately signposted and supported.
5. To ensure that appropriate health and social care services are commissioned with and on behalf of service users, including the duty to offer direct payments, and that processes are in place for service users to be charged by the local authority for the social care services they receive, if applicable.
6. To ensure that commissioned services allow choice to service users and carers and focus on people living in the community with appropriate support and access to universal services.
7. To undertake regular risk assessments and ensure that vulnerable people are kept safe.
8. To undertake carer assessments, including identifying contingency plans, and provision of support.
9. To be skilled in partnership working and identify, develop, and facilitate a wide range of recovery-focused community services, ensuring that colleagues within the locality are also aware of developments and best practice.
10. To ensure the involvement of service users and their carers to that the Trust can learn from their experiences to make improvements to service delivery.
11. To ensure accurate computer records of all work undertaken are kept up to date.
12. To undertake your own post qualifying and other appropriate training to ensure high standards of practice and continuation of your registration with Social Work England.
13. To provide both management and reflective supervision to newly qualified social workers and unregistered social care staff.
14. To support newly qualified social workers through the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE), with opportunities to train as an ASYE assessor.
15. To undertake duties as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) or be willing to undertake AMHP training if the postholder has a particular interest in this and there is sufficient time within the role.
16. To participate in your own regular supervision and ensure regular reflection on your own practice as both a social worker and AMHP.
17. To undertake other tasks and duties which form part of the delegated social care responsibilities accepted by the Trust on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council.
18. To adhere to Trust policies and procedures.
19. To undertake additional training as required.
20. To carry out any other duties as appropriately identified by your line manager.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential criteria
- Experience with Eating Disorders
- Registration with Social Work England
- Training and experience in Safeguarding
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- Experience of undertaking assessments, focussed as personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
PHYSICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- bank bureau
- Job title
- Bank
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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