Senior Social Worker

Posting date11 November 2024

Closing date11/12/2024 16:31:45

Salary£46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year, £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year

LocationColchester, CO1 1ST

CompanyNHS Jobs

Job typePermanent

HoursFull Time

Reference15567499

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The successful candidate will work as a Senior Social Worker in the community mental health treatment teams providing high quality assessment and intervention to service users experiencing a wide range of mental health problems, promoting recovery and independence, using Mental Health Care clusters to identify appropriate pathways and treatment plans with service users. You will support the delivery of strength and asset based approaches promoting recovery and social inclusion with individuals and families. This post will involve implementing the personalisation agenda through strengths based assessments and youll be vital to delivering the statutory social care duties and responsibilities within the Care Act (2014). Following appointment, the postholder is required to actively practice as an AMHP (subject to AMHP qualification if not currently an AMHP they will be required to undertake AMHP training at the earliest opportunity) on the Area AMHP rota, undertaking MHA assessments and other allocated work in relation to service users with a range of mental health problems and engaging with their carers so that, within the legislation, appropriate action is taken.

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