Main area: Homebased treatment
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4x 9.5 hour shifts over 7 days)
Job ref: 437-6833313
Employer: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Bolton Hospital
Town: Bolton
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/02/2025 23:59
Band 5 Social Worker Homebased treatment Team
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
The Home Based Treatment Team in Bolton is an urgent care mental health service providing a viable alternative to in-patient care in the community. We are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious band 5 social worker, seeking to progress their career by gaining invaluable experience and skills in an acute community setting. The role will include providing crisis mental health care to those in the community, focusing on managing psychosocial needs that contribute to deterioration in mental health.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work with service users with a short-term focus on recovery from mental health issues utilizing community resources. The service focuses on a recovery/holistic model of assessment and treatment, including assessment and care planning of service users' acute mental health needs while supporting families and carers.
As a social worker within the team, you will predominantly focus on the social needs of service users, working closely with the MDT to facilitate appropriate signposting and clear escalation and management of safeguarding concerns.
There is a strong focus on care planning and providing psychological interventions in the form of MAPS (maximizing access to psychosocial interventions). The team implements safe and effective discharge planning, which includes expediting referrals to other services or to the care of GPs, discussed daily via the Multi Disciplinary Team meeting with a focus on strong and supportive leadership. We value our staff members and provide ongoing in-house training with our psychologist and consultant psychiatrist.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, delivering services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original, and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment, and dining options.
Wherever you go, you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour, and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills, and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
* Registered social worker with HCPC registration.
* Experience as a band 5 social worker within a mental health setting.
Experience
* Evidence of post-qualification learning and development.
* Evidence of working within a mental health setting as a registered social worker.
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. For further information on the checks required, please visit the NHS Employers website.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability, or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We aspire to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve and are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example, BAME, Disabled, and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website.
If you are offered a role with us and require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
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.
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