Band 5 Social Worker Homebased Treatment Team
The Home Based Treatment Team in Bolton is an urgent care mental health service that provides a viable alternative to in-patient care in the community. We are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious Band 5 Social Worker, aiming 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, which includes 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 (Maximising 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.
About Us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff who deliver 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, along with 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, 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.
Job Responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification.
* 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.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Salary sacrifice car scheme.
* Blue Light Card Discounts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 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.
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.
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