Are you interested in...
* Working with allocated individuals who have social care needs and serious and enduring mental health difficulties?
* Developing and providing social care/health evidence-based interventions for individuals of working age with mental health problems who are receiving social care/health funding and managed through the Social Care Hub?
Then this is the post for you!
Main duties of the job
* Manage the service provision for a defined caseload of individuals who have social care/health needs as specified in the Social Care Hub Operational Policy.
* Act as Care Manager where appropriate.
* Ensure all child protection, adult safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act issues are dealt with according to policy.
* Respond to requests for assessments and reviews of need for people with social care needs, working in partnership with service users, carers, and other professionals as agreed within the multi-disciplinary team.
* Work in partnership with service users, carers, other team members, and other statutory and non-statutory agencies.
* Liaise closely with Primary Health Services and other agencies at the point of discharge to ensure a smooth transition.
* Participate in caseload supervision and workload management on a regular basis as required by the Social Care Hub Team manager.
* Positively address issues of discrimination and social exclusion.
* Act as mentor, supervisor, and assessor to social work students and ASYE social workers who are placed within the team.
* Participate in supervision, both personally and as a supervisor for junior staff within the requirements of Trust policy.
* Act up for the Social Care Hub Manager as required.
Qualifications, Training & Experience
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be based within the Social Care Hub and will work as part of a centralised Social Work Team, focusing on the needs of adults of working age with mental health problems who have social care needs.
They will lead on:
* Care Act Assessments
* Requests for Tribunal Reports for unknown cases from Wotton Lawn/Charlton Lane/Recovery Units and people who are from out of county.
* Reviews of individuals that Gloucestershire have placed out of county.
* Reviews of accommodation cases.
* Section 42 enquiries.
* Provide a multi-organisational crisis contingency and relapse planning function.
* Be the link for those that Gloucestershire has a Section 117 responsibility for, but reside outside Gloucestershire.
* Undertake the interface social care transition work for young people moving into adult services.
* Act as Practice Educator for Social Work students and any ASYE social worker.
* Arrange the provision or purchase of social care/health services to meet the assessed needs of individuals and their carers in more complex cases.
* Enable access for individuals to direct payments/personal health budgets.
* Provide individuals and carers, in the community, with information and advice on appropriate sources of emotional, material or financial assistance.
* Work in accordance with statutory and legal requirements, offering specialist knowledge and consultation to the team on The Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Human Rights Act, and a range of social care policy issues.
Person Specification
Essential
* Valid UK driving licence.
* Social Work England Registration.
* Experience of working with working age adults.
* Knowledge of mental health.
* Experienced Social Worker.
Desirable
* Experience of care management / Care Act Assessments.
* Relevant training.
* Knowledge of Care Act and experience of assessments.
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Invista
NHS Training Hub, Ermin Street,
Gloucester
GL3 4HP
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