Social Worker Level 1

6 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Royal Borough of Greenwich Full time

Strength in people. Strength in communities. Strength in diversity.

Passionate about delivering high-quality, Adult Mental Health services? Want to work in an innovative learning organisation?

Looking to develop your experience in community mental health and gain an AMHP qualification?

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your career.

At Royal Greenwich, we value our Social Workers and support by ensuring they have the resources and environment they need to make a real difference. We are keen to appoint enthusiastic Social Workers who share our vision in the development of a centre of excellence.

We currently have Social Worker (Level 1) opportunities available in the following teams:

East ADAPT Community Mental Health Team hours per week
West ADAPT Community Mental Health Team – 35 hours per week
Older Adults Community Mental Health – 35 hours per week

About our teams

ADAPT East and West Teams

The ADAPT teams offer a flexible service to individuals presenting with complex needs (excluding Psychosis or Bi-polar disorder) that currently require secondary mental health care. The pathway provides a range of focused support and therapeutic interventions to working age adults aged 18 to 65. Referrals to ADAPT may come from the Greenwich Mental Health Hub via triage, inpatient wards, crisis teams, Early Intervention in Psychosis team (following clarification of diagnosis), forensic services or as a result of out of area transfers.

Older Adults Community Mental Health Team

The Greenwich Older Adults Mental Health team is a specialist integrated multidisciplinary team for adults over the age of 65 experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties or have a dementia diagnosis. The team provides health and social care assessments, support and advice for carers and a variety of interventions to maximise independent living, and to promote mental wellbeing.

The team provide support through care coordination and a programme of short-term psychological groups directed to older people assessed for the service. All professionals work collaboratively with the inpatient unit, crisis, and assessment team, to assess the support that the individual needs in the community, to contribute to the multi-agency panel to consider those who may need a package of care and to discuss safe discharge from hospital.

What we look for:

All social workers will be expected to be able to manage a caseload and to work co-productively with service users their families and carers to ensure that a strength based, person centred approach remains at the core of all interventions.

To be part of a multidisciplinary team that consists of social workers, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, support workers, lived experienced practitioners, community psychiatric nurses and administrative support.

To work with individuals, carers, and families to deliver a range of assessment and care interventions that promote mental health wellbeing and personalised outcomes for people, whilst promoting independence. You will be expected to undertake statutory functions of the social work role (Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act , Children Act and other related legislation), and respond to requests for those who present with care and support needs:

social care assessments
carers assessments
court of protection
safeguarding concerns and enquiries
mental capacity assessments
mental health assessments

All social workers must be willing to train and to undertake the role of an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and to act on behalf of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, dependant on the needs of the service.

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