Main area Community Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9-5/8-6pm) Job ref 380-NK152-D
Site Disablement Services Centre Medway Maritime Hospital Town Gillingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/04/2025 23:59
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offers a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job overview
You will be joining KMPT at an exciting time. The work around the implementation of the Community Health Framework for Mental Health will enable Social Work to develop a strong profile within secondary care mental health service to improve patient experience and complement our existing MDT.
As a social worker, you will provide a high standard of support and care delivery with regards to social care needs to those service users whose ability to cope with the tasks of living are threatened or impaired by mental health issues, emotional, psychological and social problems.
You will be working in the Medway and Swale HTT/RR The Team covering the Medway and Swale part of Kent.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with other agencies and individuals to support service users with a clear focus on recovery, social inclusion and social justice. The role will entail assessment, support planning and the opportunity to provide 1-1 strength-based therapeutic interventions.
You will act as Lead Health Care Professional (where applicable) with individuals who have serious and enduring mental health difficulties.
KMPT believes that Professional Practice should be informed by the following principles:
* Our intervention only when absolutely necessary
* People know what they need best
* We see the person and not their difficulties
* People have the right to live without fear or harm
If you want to be part of a multi-disciplinary team and embed the Mental Health Social Worker role within the Medway and Swale Home Treatment Team and rapid response team then we look forward to hearing from you.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Registration and Qualifications
* Registered with Social Work England
* Relevant Professional Qualifications DipSW, BA, MA, MSc in Social Work, CQSW
* Successful completion of the ASYE programme (for Band 6 post 2012)
* PEPS 2 qualified Practice Educator or willingness to train
* Additional qualifications e.g. qualified AMHP or Best Interest Assessor, or other relevant continued professional development.
Experience
* Substantial prior experience working with individuals presenting with mental health issues.
* Demonstrate a significant understanding in relationship-based social work practice.
* An understanding of the principles and values underlying the Mental Health Act (1983, as amended 2007) and Mental Capacity Act (2005); Human Rights Act 1998; Care Act 2014; Health and Social Care Act 2012; and other legislation as they relate to this service user group.
* Evidence your ability to develop effective working relationships with service users and their carers and show evidence of good assessment practice.
* Prior experience working in community/other mental health services.
* Work as part of a MDT.
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to apply a number of holistic therapeutic social work interventions from strengths-based perspective promoting recovery and independence.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to undertake direct work with complex clients, including the hard to engage, to address their psychosocial support needs.
* To have the ability to support service users through a process of recovery and self-determination in order to support them to recognise their rights and needs to be free to make their own choices and decisions.
* Ability to effectively manage case administration, maintain appropriate records including report writing.
* Ability to cope with high demand and throughput.
* Ability to use and understand the supervisory process, work to timescales be self-managing and proactive in caseload management.
* Ability to collate and analyse complex information, and produce high quality data and reports that are easily understood by others, with clearly evidenced recommendations.
* Ability to be creative, flexible and demonstrate professional curiosity. Promote and raise the profile of the Social Work profession.
* Demonstrate a good understanding of reflective practice.
* Understand the key themes of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
* Have a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and the ability to challenge inequality.
Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staff have national Terms and Conditions.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave
Dependent on length of NHS service.
Other paid/unpaid leave
This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non-paid leave for career breaks.
Staff Support
KMPT offers a face-to-face counselling service for any issues not just work-related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities
In addition to the mandatory subjects, there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus
At the Trust, we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums
A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, the list goes on………!
Probation Period. New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we canALL be ourselves.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.
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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.
Name Helen Clark Job title Operational Team Leader Email address helen.clark14@nhs.net Telephone number 01227666188 Additional information
Monday-Friday 8-6pm I am not available Wednesdays
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