Mental Health Social Worker

Mental Health Social Worker - Assessment and Treatment Services

Posted on 3 October 2025 Apply

• Directorate BHCC: Homes and Adult Social Care
• Salary £39,862 - £42,839
• Contract Permanent
• Closing Date Apply by 4 December 2025

Location

Mill View Hospital

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Job Summary

• Job reference

orbis/TP/3108/45593
- Positions available

3
- Working hours

37
- Closing date

4 December 2025
- Job category

Social Work - Adults
- Organisation

Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction

We have three permanent opportunities for M11 Social Workers to join our Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams. Each role is full-time, working 37 hours per week.

West Neighbourhood Mental Health Team is based at Mill View Hospital in Hove.

East Neighbourhood Mental Health Team is based at East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre

For an informal discussion, please contact Victoria Cottis

Interview date – TBC

About the role

As a Social Worker you will support the delivery of statutory duties placed upon us by the Care Act carrying and other tasks related to the provision of Mental Health Services. These duties will relate to individuals, families and carers in accordance with relevant statutory legislation.

Community Mental Health Services in Brighton & Hove has a well-established Section 75 (S.75) agreement in place. This agreement contributes to the improvement in mental health and wellbeing and results in easier access to a more responsive mental health service.

The S.75 agreement between Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has been in place for many years and has meant several Social Care staff have been co-located within the Trust to deliver statutory duties. This way of working in close partnership has been valued by both organisations, and by those that use our services, and this new agreement seeks to maintain and strengthen this collaborative way of working.

The S.75 agreement serves as a significant tool in achieving the ambitions to transform adults and older adults' community mental health services and reduce health inequalities.

In practice, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton and Hove City Council delegate tasks to each organisation to ensure a joined-up health and social care offer to those that use our services. Relevant training and support will be provided when acting on behalf of the other organisation and it also means that you're able to access a number of other training, learning and development opportunities from both organisations.

We are looking for someone with relevant experience of holding complex casework, someone who has high professional standards and who is keen to continue their professional development. An excellent knowledge of current legislation such as the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act is essential.

Warranted Approved Mental health Act Professionals (AMHPs) will be encouraged to take part in the rota arrangements for the AMHP provision across the city. The AMHP service operates from the AMHP team's base at Millview Hospital in Hove. A market supplement of £3500 p.a. is paid for 30 days a year on this rota, subject to satisfactory adherence to the 2008 Regulations for AMHPs.

You will receive regular supervision and support and have opportunities for ongoing development and specialist training including AMHP training, subject to the Local Authority's selection process.

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Providing advice to staff about proportionate and personalised responses to service users and their carers.
• Helping to embed consideration of strengths and relationship based practice in all of our assessment processes.
• Providing a specialist view and/or intervention in the assessment and management of risk

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified social worker.
• Confident in their knowledge and experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults and the assessment of risk.
• Have an understanding of the importance of information and advice in supporting people to maintain their own independence and wellbeing

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you've submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-) and (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-).

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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