Job summary
Are you a highlyskilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker looking for an exciting andrewarding role? Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and trainingopportunities? Would you like your career to take a different direction into afriendly and professional organisation?
If the answer is yes, then you would be well-suited to the Senior Mental Health Social Worker role that wehave at Bulford Healthcare Facility!
This vacancy is full-time offering 37 hours per week.
Benefits:
1. £5000 market Supplement (pro-rata) will be offered to the successful candidate
2. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
3. A Civil Service pension with an average employercontribution of
4. Access to gym.
5. Free parking.
6. An environment with hybrid / flexible working options.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of the designated Mental Health Team.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
7. To provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services.
8. Contribute to the development of service delivery, suggesting developmental initiatives in support of observations.
9. Manage patient caseloads according to Defence Community Mental Health (DCMH) allocation processes and practices as directed by the clinical team lead / Manager and the MHSW Regional Lead.
10. Support the management of the DCMH by providing direct delivery advice for MHSW to the DCMH line manager and or the MHSW Regional Lead.
11. Support management and DCMH by providing advice and support on safeguarding issues and practice as DCMH Safeguarding Lead.
12. Undertake such additional clinical/management tasks as may be appropriate to the grade and the role agreed in discussion with their line manager / Regional lead / HoS.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
13. Changing and Improving.
14. Communicating and Influencing.
15. Making Effective Decisions.
16. Managing a Quality Service.
17. Working Together.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Further Information
When choosing your behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - (
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact .
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
18. Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
19. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
20. Please use double spacing where possible.
Qualifications
Essential
21. Must be an appropriately qualified and experienced Mental Health Social Work Practitioner with risk and mental state skills. Be registered with the Social Work England, SSSC, the CCW or NISCC.
22. Degree in Social Work or equivalent Diploma in Social Work (DipSW)/ Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW).
23. Evidence of continued professional development.
24. An understanding and working knowledge of all relevant social care legislation - Mental Health Act (MHA) (83), Mental Capacity Act (05) Inc Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) (LPS), Care Act 14, ECHR (98) and Adult and Children Safeguarding, European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) (Section 98).
Experience
Essential
25. A full UK driving licence is required for this position.