Social Worker

Job summary

37.5 hours per week.

Are you a Social worker looking for a new role? Livewell Southwest, one of the most exciting organisations in Health & Social Care, is seeking enthusiastic practitioner to join our developing Specialist Outreach Recovery Team.

We are seeking a registered social worker who has recent clinical experience in a community or relevant mental health inpatient setting to join a multi-disciplinary team.

You will be responsible for supporting key workers within the MDT within the Personalised Care Framework with Adult Social Care input, including assessments, reviews, evaluations, and implementing adult social care support and maintaining links with adult social care colleagues.

Within the role a nominated social worker supervisor can be sought to support your practice. You will have access and be invited to the social worker peer supervision group.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details on the duties of the role.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Be responsible for the management of a Specialist Outreach Recovery Team (SORT) caseload. Carry out reviews of caseloads and support the process of recovery and discharge.
• Promote Recovery

• To support and participate in assessments into the service.

• Regularly take a lead in clinical meeting ensuring all patients are reviewed and decisions and plans are put into action and represent the patients views.

• Expert ability in receiving information, analysing and formulating professional judgments.

• Provide clinical supervision to staff contributing to professional development, appraisal, performance review and recruitment.

• Be familiar with and (alongside the Team Leader) ensure dissemination of local, regional and national policies, procedures and guidelines pertinent to all staff and students within your area of responsibility and comply with their contents in the pursuit of the highest standards of care.

• Practice within the legal and ethical framework set out by mental health related legislation to ensure that service users interests and wellbeing are at the forefront of practice.

• Liaise, advise, develop and maintain good relationships with service users, carers, relatives and fellow health, social care professionals who are involved in the delivery of services.

• Participate in all activities aimed at keeping professional skills updated and contribute to dissemination of that knowledge and experience to all staff and students within your area of responsibility.

• Act upon referrals from secondary care by providing assessment, implementation and development of programmes of care to individuals, groups and families.

• Implement and participate in the formulation of all policy and procedures within the area of responsibility in consultation with relevant others.

• Plan, with teaching establishments, a realistic learning experience for students and for postgraduate students and be responsible for the quality of the programme.

• Participate in and support training programmes designed for all staff groups.

• Monitor standards of practice within the team, ensuring areas of deficit are addressed

• Co-ordinate the collation of evidence within the team in support of standards for better health.

• Practice in an autonomous safe manner to support and encourage engagement with a caseload who are difficult to engage in mental health services.

• Maintain close relationship with adult social care colleagues and support the team with adult social care input.

• The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will support the team in referrals from secondary care and be involved in the assessment process.
• The post holder will supervise caseloads of mental health practitioners within the area of responsibility and review each individuals work.
• The post holder will frequently review the standards of care provided by the community mental health team with the Team Manager and Team leader e.g. compliance with Nice Guidance and Developments, PCF. Working alongside the Team leader and Team manager in ensuring that the quality of care is maintained at the highest standard. Balancing demands of own clinical caseload whilst effectively providing supervision and support to a team of experienced practitioners. Assist the Team to manage capacity effectively ensuring throughput so that the people in most need receive an appropriate service. Lone working and accountability for defined caseload can generate stress however this is mitigated through the provision of line management and clinical supervision.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 2-years post-registration mental health experience
• Relevant experience of working with adults with a history of severe and enduring mental illness.
• Minimum 12-months experience in community mental health setting or clear evidence of how candidate is able to fulfill the functions of a community practitioner/ social worker

Desirable

• Care co-ordination/ key worker experience
• Case load management

Skills

Essential

• Skilled and experienced clinician, particularly in assessment management of risk and crisis intervention
• Skills in completing assessments for capacity.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written skills)
• Empathic outlook on health care delivery which respects clients dignity and human rights
• Interpersonal skills
• Supervisory skills
• Leadership skills
• Negotiation skills
• Risk assessment and management skills
• Calm and adaptable
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work autonomously and part of MDT
• Recognise and manage stress in self and others
• Ability to commute around the locality.
• Creative, enthusiastic and self motivated
• Ability to manage change
• Willingness to participate in service development
• Ability to work flexibly and dynamically to support the Manager in developing a healthy team culture, and driving forward team improvements and change at all times.

Desirable

• Specialist clinical skills i.e. CBT training, Psycho-social interventions
• Staff appraisal skills
• Understanding of Continuing Health Care
• Knowledge and skills in medication management relevant to the post.

Qualifications

Essential

• Social Work Degree HCPC Registration
• Post Graduate Specialist Knowledge and or experience in Community Mental Health setting

Desirable

• CBT
• Management/coaching qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate evidence based practice
• CPA/ PCF and record keeping
• NSF & MHA and NICE guidelines
• Demonstrate a commitment to professional development and be an able educator
• Evidence of life-long learning (academically and professionally)
• Evidence of knowledge of legislation required for the role

Desirable

• Able to draw upon a range of skills to support and deliver change within a MDT.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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