Social Worker

6 days ago

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

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

Social Workers (Level 2)/Approved Mental Health Professionals

Are you 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?

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 them to ensure 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. Opportunities are available in:

East Intensive Case Management for Psychosis (ICMP) Community Mental Health Team – 35 hours per week
West Intensive Case Management for Psychosis (ICMP) Community Mental Health Team – 35 hours per week
Older Adults Community Mental Health (OAMH) Team – 35 hours per week

Our Teams

ICMP East and West Teams

ICMP provides a flexible service to all Greenwich residents between the ages of 18 and 65 years, within the psychosis clusters who currently require secondary community mental health treatment and support.

The service focus is on social inclusion, recovery, working towards self-management, and offering individuals choice and involvement regarding their treatment, whilst actively encouraging their participation in the planning and implementation of their care. This results in a strength based personalised wellbeing plan which supports the individual's referral back to primary care.

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 autonomously 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), responding 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
Mental Health Act assessments

Senior social workers are expected to undertake the role of an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and must act as an AMHP on behalf of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Job Description & Person Specification

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