Job Description

1. To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing, comprehensive mental health assessments for service users with severe and enduring mental health needs living in the community and in a range of settings. 2. To be responsible for developing, delivering, and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.



3. To act as keyworker for service users with the most complex needs, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads. 4. To plan, deliver, and evaluate defined specialist therapeutic interventions as indicated in the assessment process, in line with personal well-being plans, including to service users who may be on other caseloads.

This might include:

a. Individual or group therapeutic interventionsb. Psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches, family interventionsc. Psychosocial interventionsd.



Motivational and coping enhancement strategiese. Medication managementf. Interventions under the Mental Health Act 5. To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve carers ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.



6. To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within the Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, voluntary sector, and with nominated carers/advocates. Note: This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP Trust policy, all newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding.



All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within two years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances, in which case it may be extended for a further two years. If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role, this will be an automatic progression following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post, you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion. For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.