There is an exciting opportunity to join the growing social work workforce within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Social Workers play a crucial part in improving mental health outcomes for individuals, through understanding the social detriments of mental health and using a human rights approach. This requires advanced relationship-based skills focused on personalisation and strength-based working, to support people to make positive, self-directed change.
The successful candidate will work as a social worker in the multi-disciplinary Perinatal Community Mental Health Team. This involves supporting a caseload of individuals who are experiencing social barriers, such as housing, domestic violence, and isolation, to recovery by applying social work and psychoeducation interventions and representing the social work and social perspective in the team. Further training and supervision is available to support your growth in the role.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Main duties of the job
Due to significant investment as part of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, we are delighted to offer another Social Worker post within the Nottinghamshire Perinatal Mental Health Services.
Nottinghamshire Perinatal Community Mental Health Team is a multidisciplinary and well-established service providing a range of tailored approaches to meet the mental health needs of women and their families in the perinatal period.
The team provides care across the whole region of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw.
Job responsibilities
* To have a specific field of interest and knowledge around the wellbeing and functioning of families, with consideration to areas such as domestic violence.
* To provide a defined level of assessment and access to Social Work interventions for a diverse patient group and their families, who present with significant mental health problems/disorders.
* To provide realistic, timely and occasionally intensive Social Work interventions to patients within a community setting.
* To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals.
* To build relationships and liaise with statutory and third sector organisations that could support the families we work with towards recovery - such as Women's Aid and Framework.
Person Specification
Values and Behaviours
Essential
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional Qualification in Social Work to degree level or equivalent.
* Maintains current registration with Social Work England.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
* Further training in a clinical intervention applicable in the perinatal period.
Training
Essential
* Willingness to undertake new interventions, education and training that will enhance service delivery.
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
* Specialist and area-specific experience.
* Working in Adult Mental Health Services, or able to demonstrate transferable experience.
Desirable
* The ability to deal with and resolve conflict.
* Work with women/birthing people in the perinatal period.
* Covering emergency duty line - responding to people in heightened states of distress at a point of crisis.
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments.
* Perinatal drivers - nationally and locally.
Desirable
* Awareness of national and local issues impacting care.
* Knowledge of management theories.
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Good written/oral communication skills.
* Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic.
* Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues.
* Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
* Clinical supervision skills.
* IT skills.
* Caseload management.
Desirable
* A high level of emotional intelligence.
* Providing interventions suitable for clients in the perinatal period.
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Employer details
Employer name: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Greenhaven, Hopewood, Foster Drive, Nottingham, NG5 3FL
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