Main area: Social Work
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Location: Longmoor House (Therapy Rehabilitation Unit)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm)
Job ref: 350-CC7040039
Site: Longmoor House
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/04/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Social Work Practitioner in the Community Care Division of Mersey Care, within the ICRAS/Liverpool Out of Hospital Social Work Team. We are looking to recruit an experienced social work practitioner to help us deliver our community discharge, admission avoidance and reablement services. We are a highly motivated and passionate social care team dedicated to delivering high quality, person-centred, strength-based and empowering assessments and care.
You will be responsible for carrying out social work duties in a fast-paced environment, requiring the highest levels of skills, knowledge and professional expertise. You will ensure the delivery of effective, safe integrated services for adults through the promotion of high standards of practice in assessments and person-centred planning.
Main duties of the job
The post is based at Longmoor House (therapy rehabilitation unit) and is part of the wider team which includes community, bed-based and hospital social work. Main duties include:
* Assessing and supporting service users to promote independence and support with discharge planning.
* Managing a complex caseload of service users and completing assessments to support the appropriate discharge pathway.
* Contributing to assessment and care management processes within a multi-disciplinary team.
* Coordinating care in the context of relevant health and social care legislation and policy frameworks.
* Making service users aware of financial contributions and providing information enabling informed choices.
* Assessing and commissioning packages of care, residential and nursing placements.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Recognised qualification in Social Work at certificate or Diploma level e.g. DipSW, CQSW or CSS.
* Social Work England Registration.
* Masters Degree (MSW) or Post Graduate (PGDipSW).
* Best Interest Assessor Qualification or willingness to undertake training.
* Practice Educator Award or willingness to undertake training.
* Approved Mental Health Professional Qualification.
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience as a Social Worker in a health/social care setting.
* Good working knowledge of legislative guidance and policy frameworks.
* Knowledge and application of professional standards, codes of conduct, and SW England standards of proficiency.
* Good working understanding of Information Governance, Data Protection, and confidentiality.
* Ability to assess and manage complex cases in a multidisciplinary team setting.
* Skilled at assessing need, coordination and review of support plans.
* Skilled at assessing and implementing risk management frameworks.
* Skilled at assessing and promoting the involvement of people in developing their own care/support plans using a strengths and asset-based approach.
* An understanding of diversity and how it affects practice.
* Experience of supervising others.
Skills
* Ability to practice safely and effectively within scope of practice.
* Ability to practice within the legal and ethical boundaries of the Social Work profession.
* Understanding of key concepts relevant to the Social Work profession.
* Ability to draw on appropriate knowledge and skills to inform practice.
* Ability to develop written documents including report writing relevant for practice.
* Ability to manage time, prioritise work, and meet deadlines.
* Ability to practice as an autonomous professional.
* Effective communication skills.
* Ability to build compassionate and effective relationships.
* Ability to maintain appropriate records.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website.
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Note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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