Senior Social Worker - West Kent Home Treatment Team
Band 6
Main area: Community Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
18.75 hours per week (full and part time positions available)
Job ref: 380-WK0227
Site: Priority House, Maidstone
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/12/2024 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) offer 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.
Job Overview
You will be joining KMPT at an exciting time. The work around the implementation of the Community Health Framework 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 regarding 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 West Kent Home Treatment Team, located at Priority House, Maidstone. The Team covers the West part of Kent, including Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, and Edenbridge.
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 West Kent Home Treatment Team, then we look forward to hearing from you.
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.
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.
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
* Registered with Social Work England
Qualifications
* 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 an MDT
Knowledge and Skills
* To apply social work ethical principles and values to guide professional practice
* Ability to apply a number of holistic therapeutic social work interventions from a 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 20.6% 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.
Additional Information
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.
KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we can ALL be ourselves.
We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values:
* Respect: We value people as individuals, we treat others as we would like to be treated.
* Openness: Work in a collaborative, transparent way.
* Accountability: We are professional and responsible for our actions.
* Working together: We work together to make a difference for our service users.
* Innovation: We find creative ways to run efficient, high-quality services.
* Excellence: We listen and learn to continually improve our knowledge and ways of working.
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