Job summary
Are you looking for a rewarding and challenging opportunity? Would you like to be part of a highly skilled MDT, maximising positive outcomes for service users and bringing the social care perspective into the forensic inpatient setting?
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to join our Social Worker team at Clifton House low secure hospital in York. Working across 3 inpatient wards and multidisciplinary teams, you will have a key role in contributing to service user pathways from admission to discharge, with a particular focus on discharge planning and risk management. You will liaise with a range of external agencies including Local Authority Social Services, Police, Probation, ICB's and Housing Providers to ensure a smooth and timely transition out of secure services.
The Social Work Team is going through a period of development and this is an exciting opportunity for you to participate and provide ideas of how the Social Work provision can be enhanced to maximise user and carer involvement whilst maintaining an MDT approach to managing risk as well as identifying and working towards appropriate discharge pathways.
Main duties of the job
1. To work within a multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate assessments and deliver interventions to individuals, families and carers in order to support recovery, promote self-management, and minimise risk.
2. To undertake duties under the Mental Health Act as required e.g. report writing and attendance at Mental Health tribunals and Hospital Managers Hearings.
3. To undertake statutory work as defined under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act and demonstrate an understanding of the restrictions that legal orders may have on a patient's life.
4. To undertake complex case work involving risk management, and a working understanding of safeguarding processes and responsibilities.
5. To work closely with patients and the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely discharge planning alongside Section 117 aftercare service support. Liaison with Local Authorities and with housing providers/placements.
6. To take on the role of Carer Lead for the hospital. Supporting families and carers, supporting the Ward Carer Champions, making links with community organisations.
7. To seek to empower service users, and promote anti discriminatory practice.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Date posted: 10 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 173-19225-FOR
Job locations: Clifton House, York, YO30 5RA
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Professional Registration as a Social Worker with Social Work England
Skills Essential
* An understanding of relevant legal frameworks and codes of practice.
Experience Essential
* Experience of complex case management, multi agency working, and risk management.
Knowledge Essential
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and how to manage this in a specialist mental health setting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Clifton House, York, YO30 5RA
Employer's website: https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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