Senior Practitioner/amhp

3 weeks ago

Durham, United Kingdom Trafford Council Full time

**Trafford Council**

**Crossgate House, Cross Street, Sale, M33 7FT**

**Salary - Band 9**

**Salary Grade - £41,418 to £44,428 (SCP 33-36) plus 1% allowance for occasional BH/weekends plus Market Supplement of £996 pa.**

**Job category - Social Care**

**Job Type - Adult Services**

**Working Pattern - Full-time**

***Working hours - 9am-5pm Monday-Friday/occasional weekend working on a rota basis**

**Contract type - Permanent**

**Closing date - 6th May 2024**

**Interview date -TBC**

**About us**

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford

Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviors that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do

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We currently have an exciting vacancy for a social work senior practitioner within Trafford Mental Health Services, part of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Working in Trafford Older Adult Community Mental Team you will join our Multi-Disciplinary Team alongside Consultant Psychiatrists, Community Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and STR workers. We are looking for an experienced social worker to provide social work leadership in the community mental health team. In this role, you will promote the significant contribution that mental health social work makes to the delivery of mental health care.

You will work closely with service users with serious and enduring mental illness, including dementia._ _You will have a focus on social inclusion and recovery, helping people to live as independently as possible.

**About you**

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
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**About the Role**

The post holder will provide social work leadership in the team, maintaining close links with colleagues in Adult Social Care. You will provide clinical supervision to social workers, helping our social work staff identify opportunities to develop, and direct staff towards relevant learning resources. You will manage a limited caseload of complex cases, act as an Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) working on our Borough wide rota, provide guidance in relation to the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005, and contribute to service development to ensure that social work values are fully represented and where appropriate chair meetings, particularly in relation to safeguarding enquiries.

**(Additional Information)**

Flexibility will be required to work outside core hours as we offer support to our service users 7 days/week 9am-5pm (operated on a Rota system).

**About the benefits**

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organization that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

Trafford recognizes the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:
Pension

Home Technology Scheme

Car Lease Scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

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