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West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
Job overview
West London NHS Trust is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the country. We are also a leading national provider of secure and specialist mental healthcare. We currently provide community-based forensic care to 8 North West London Boroughs and we are seeking new staff to join our teams. Our Forensic Services were recently rated as Outstanding by the CQC.
We have been chosen by NHS England to pioneer a new approach to support forensic service users in the community. The Specialist Community Forensic Team will work to transition service users out of secure settings, and support their ongoing recovery in the community. This can improve quality of life, reduce inequality, and give hope to people who may have been detained for many years.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for applicants for a Forensic Social Worker/Social Supervisor committed to working collaboratively with individuals and providers in the community to find positive and safe ways of working with people who use these services. In particular:
* You will work as part of the ground-breaking new team that will improve the lives of forensic mental health service users and their carers. This is a rare chance to be part of shaping a new service, providing opportunities to develop your skills and your career. The applicant must have a qualification in social work and be registered with Social Work England.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK. Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units. Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the file attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Social Work Qualification
* Registration with Social Work England
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
* Experience of working within a forensic or community mental health setting
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of liaison with external agencies to support care pathway planning
* An ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, with evidence of potential to write authoritative and grammatically correct formal reports by the end of the ASYE period
* Experience of working with mental health patients and their families
* Some experience of analysing information and developing a social work opinion and recommendation to external or independent decision-makers
* Experience of working with mentally disordered offenders
Knowledge
* Working knowledge of relevant legislation including Mental Health Act, Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and child and adult safeguarding
* Personal commitment to developing the wide range of knowledge about the criminal justice and mental health systems required in order to work at Band 6 level soon after the ASYE period.
* Knowledge of the wider Criminal Justice System, including courts, probation service and prisons
Personal Qualities
* Resilience in working with patients, who may be distressed and acutely mentally unwell
* Demonstrate a potential to work independently (at the end of the ASYE) as the sole social worker on a multidisciplinary team, promoting a social work and social care perspective
* Demonstrate core values of social work, including a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice
* Ability to participate in Breakaway techniques training
* Ability to travel to visit patients’ relatives and other contacts in their homes
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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: Enock Murinyu
Job title: Team Manager - Forensic Outreach Service
Email address: ENOCK.MURINYU@westlondon.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02083548529
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