Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for an Adult Advanced Social Work Practitioner within the Hospital Discharge Mental Health Team to work full time for Worcestershire.
The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £44,711 per annum.
Main duties:
* To undertake a review of practices and processes and develop practice guidance and tools to support frontline staff. Work as a senior and autonomous social worker responsible for own professional actions and the staff they support within their area of specialism.
* Provide support to social workers in the Community Teams that critically analyses, supports, and challenges social workers with a view to quality improvement and professional development.
* Provide social work leadership, promoting the social perspective within an inpatient setting and ensuring a focus on recovery and advocacy for individuals onwards.
* Provide advice and guidance on complex social care and housing-related matters pertaining to individuals on the wards.
* Work alongside inpatient managers across the NHS trust to identify any new admissions and provide updates on discharge progress.
* Oversee work with adults who are experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect. Where necessary/appropriate, undertake more complex/high-risk safeguarding enquiries and manage verbal/physical threats/aggression.
* Work to address oppression and discrimination, applying the law to protect and advance people’s rights, recognising how legislation can constrain or promote these rights and identifying situations where interventions of the law are neither proportionate nor fair.
* Lead the promotion and awareness of mental health, the social construction of stigma and disability, and act as an information and advice service to individuals and carers, other professionals, and agencies on mental health-related matters, where appropriate, to participate in the development and delivery of learning and educational materials for other staff/agencies/partners.
* The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity, dignity, and due respect for all employees and service users and is consistent with the Council’s Equality & Diversity Policy.
Requirements of this Adult Advanced Social Work Practitioner job:
* A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Adult Advanced Social Work Practitioner job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This has played a significant role in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards and being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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