Site Rectory Lane, Loughton Town Loughton Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, plus High Cost Allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 17/03/2025 23:59
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).
Our Vision and Values
Our Vision: “To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.”
Our Purpose: “We care for people every day. What we do together, matters.”
Our Values:
* We Care
* We Empower
Our Strategic Objectives:
* We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
* We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
* We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
* We will help our communities to thrive.
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated senior social worker to join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT). EPUT is dedicated to providing mental health services, substance misuse services, and other specialist award-winning services to a population of approximately 2.5 million throughout Essex, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, and Luton. We are seeking enthusiastic and resourceful senior social workers for a two-year fixed term contract, who will respond positively and creatively to the needs of individuals.
You will work as a Dual Diagnosis Practitioner alongside community services in West Essex and work with the Essex Specialist Treatment and Recovery Services (STaRS) leading on the delivery and provision of an integrated service for people with co-existing substance misuse and mental health problems.
Main Duties of the Job
Integral to your role will be whole family working and a multi-agency ethos, underpinned by a non-judgmental attitude and approach. You will undertake assessments and joint assessments with a range of services including Community Mental Health Services, Criminal Justice, Essex STaRS service, and the third sector to ensure that service users with multiple needs are not passed from one service to another.
You will support the delivery of strength and asset-based approaches promoting recovery and social inclusion with individuals and families including Motivational Interviewing techniques. This post will involve implementing the personalisation agenda through strengths-based assessments and you’ll be vital to delivering the statutory social care duties and responsibilities within the Care Act (2014).
Working for Our Organisation
EPUT is looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
You will be expected to lead on the collaboration with key partner organisations, individuals, clinicians, and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary services providing a flexible approach to meet the needs of service users and their families.
You will also actively practice as an AMHP, undertaking Mental Health Act (MHA) assessments and other allocated work in relation to service users with a range of mental health problems and engaging with their carers.
Person Specification
* Community and dual diagnosis experience
Important Information
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.
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