Senior Social Worker - Devon Partnership NHS Trust
* Band 6: £37,338 - £44,962 a year
* Full-time, Flexible working
We are looking for a Senior Social Worker to join the Community Forensic Team based at Easby House, Langdon Hospital in Dawlish. This is an exciting opportunity to join us at one of the Country's leading providers of Forensic Community Mental Health Services.
The Community Forensic Team have now been shortlisted twice for the Nursing Times awards in 2020 for team of the year and in 2021 for Community Mental Health Team. We are also winners with National Positive Practice in Mental Health awards 2021 winning innovation in community mental health services award and being highly commended for Covid team of the year.
The overarching aim of the Community Forensic Team is to deliver a model of integrated care and support across all elements of a service user's pathway. We have a specific focus on reducing the length of stay for those within secure inpatient services and lowering the re-admission rate for those who have been discharged into the community.
The role is dynamic and challenging; working for Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to people's lives from the moment you start. We expect all our staff to embrace this way of working, recognising the equal value of everyone involved in service design and delivery.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will contribute to the team's engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including staff, service users, their carers, and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies. You will have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, as you will be a core member of discussions and decisions. The post holder will provide statutory Adult Social Care, Care Management functions (assessment, care planning, and reviewing). Liaisons with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central to this role.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part-time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Closing date: 30/11/2024
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
* Company pension
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: C9369-24-0698-2
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