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We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Social Worker to join us in delivering community mental health care within the  Welwyn, Hatfield  area  of Hertfordshire.

The area is well served with transport links to historic Hertfordshire and its glorious countryside as well as into London and beyond. We are looking for a Social Worker who is passionate about care delivering care to adults with mental health issues.

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As a Social Worker in an Adult  Community  Mental Health Service (ACMHS) you will provide clinical expertise and leadership; participate in the referral and allocation process; safeguard vulnerable children and adults; contribute to case discussions and service related meetings; manage a caseload, provide direct support and advice to Service Users (Adults of all ages) and Carers, within the recovery framework, embracing the individual right to choice and control.

At HPFT our staff are our most important resource and we offer:

• A thorough induction to your role and team
• Regular, good quality supervision
• A range of developmental opportunities to support you to grow in your profession and your practice
• The opportunity to apply to work flexibly so that you can balance your work with your life outside work
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata) 
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable) 
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons 
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff) 
• Eye Care Vouchers 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
•  NHS Discounts

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on…