Job Description
Location: Northampton
Starting Salary: £26,586 per annum
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
About Us
We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.
We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
Come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives.
Your role with us
The ASD/LD division provides medium secure, low secure and rehabilitation settings for men and women with a Learning disability and/or Autism and complex mental health needs. We offer a full community focused pathway and work in the least restrictive way to support positive outcomes for our patients as individuals.
The successful applicant will be a member of the social work and wider clinical team, supporting the delivery of a Social Work Service to service users and their carers. There is an expectation that the post holder has excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will seek to develop their skills in the specialist area. You should have experience within a mental health and autistic spectrum disorder or learning disability field of work.
Joining our friendly social work team, you will be responsible to our Lead Social Worker and supervised by qualified social workers within the team. Regular supervision is provided and opportunities for development both in social work and other related practice issues are provided and encouraged.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.
Rewards
We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 10 years' service; Buy and Sell your Annual Leave; Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme; Menopause Group; Life cover; Electric car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Free parking; onsite gym and swimming pool facilities; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications.
Closing Date: Sunday 16th March
Interested?
If this sounds like you then we’d love you to apply here. If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role contact our Recruitment Team at .