Job Description

The post holder will maintain an individual caseload and complete team responsibilities. The post holder will ensure that all individuals are assessed holistically considering the individuals health and social needs to ensure personalised support planning. This will involve engaging with the individuals family, carers, and support network when appropriate. The post holder will assess and analyse risk/ ongoing risks to ensure personalised risk and safety plans, balancing risk management and safeguarding with choice, self-determination and positive risk-taking underpinned by relevant legislation.



The post holder will focus on strength/ asset-based working, to support people to make positive self-directed change within their lives and engage with their communities. The post holder will recognise the risk indicators of different forms of abuse and neglect impacting individuals and provide expertise to the multidisciplinary team with regards to adult and childrens safeguarding responsibilities. This includes sharing disclosures appropriate, management of sensitive information and public protection. They will take on the safeguarding link role in the team.



The post holder will ensure evidence-based working informed by social work interventions, theories, and values. They will also ensure a human rights approach with knowledge of the statutory rights of individuals. The post holder will promote family and carers work within the multidisciplinary team and link in with the Family Intervention Team. They will train and complete relevant interventions (with other colleagues) to enable this work within the team.



The post holder will maintain and provide expertise to the multidisciplinary team with regards to application of legislation including the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Equality Act, Human Rights Act, Transforming Care, Mental Health Act and other legislation relevant to the remit of the team. The post holder will be responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting adults and carers to access services/support in the statutory, independent, and non-statutory sector. The post holder will liaise and work with Social Care to support the individual to access statutory social support and ensure those open to social care are receiving the correct level of support. They will also support colleagues within the multidisciplinary team to understand and engage with Social Care and relevant processes.



The post holder will model anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practice, challenging system impacts. The post holder will work proactively as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team and attend team meetings as required. The post holder will promote a learning culture and share and disseminate best mental health social work practice within the multi-disciplinary teams. The post holder will provide supervision to colleagues as required and appropriate.



The post holder may occasionally be required to deliver medication. They will consult with the prescriber and follow relevant procedures. The post holder will undertake any other duties that would be a reasonable expectation of this role including working as part of the duty system. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.



Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is 26.40 (standard) or 54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of 16 per year applies.