senior / social worker - working age mental health services

7 days ago

Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom West Sussex County Council Full time

About The Job

Salary: £33,945 to £44,428 dependent on experience
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Horsham

In this challenging, but rewarding role, you will be required to act as allocated social worker responsible for delivering a statutory social work service to those people who access or need specialist mental health services, to include assessment, planning, implementing and review. This includes being responsible for leading on specialist areas of service delivery (for example peri-natal, early intervention, transitions and homelessness), ensuring that key developments are communicated to colleagues and that business change is successfully implemented.

You will work as part of a geographically based specialist mental health social work team, providing a service to people who are aged 18-65, with occasional contact with young people in transition, who are under 18.

You will work effectively in partnership with other staff, teams and agencies, both internal to the Council and external, including Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

An excellent understanding of all the relevant health, voluntary and private sector services in the area is essential. The role will involve regular exposure to people who access the service, and/or subject matter, which may place significant emotional demands on you, for example dealing with unpredictable risk, complex social work cases and leading on safeguarding enquiries.

You will act as a professional representative for the service by working with a focus on ensuring the safe and effective delivery of services to people who have complex mental disorder, acting with integrity, professionalism and respect on behalf of the organisation, ensuring at all times that the needs of individuals and the business are paramount.

There will be some requirement for you to work flexibly in order to support customers, carers and families, sometimes out of normal working hours. You'll also need to be able to travel independently throughout the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.

Please refer to the job description for at your relevant grade for full key skills & qualifications and/or experience information.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05231.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Vicky Cobb (Team Manager - WAMHS Northern * Adult Services and Health) at

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Work England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

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