Senior Mental Health Social Worker

The closing date is 15 December 2025Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to out entitled personnelAre you a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker looking for an exciting and rewarding role? Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and training opportunities? Would you like your career to take a different direction into a friendly and professional organisation? If the answer is yes, you would be well-suited to the Senior Mental Health Social Worker role that we have at the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) at RAF Digby.This is a Part Time role offering 20 hours per week.Due to some travel and occasional overnight stays a full UK driving licence is required for this position.Benefits:£5,000 market skills supplement per annum pro-rataProfessional Registration Fees Re-imbursedA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%Access to join the station gymFree parkingOnsite cafe and shopPlease be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.Main duties of the jobThe successful applicant will provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services.About usOur success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.Responsibilities include but are not limited to :Providing effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services.Contributing to the development of service delivery, suggesting developmental initiatives in support of observations.Managing patient caseloads according to DCMH allocation processes and practices as directed by the clinical team lead and the MHSW Regional Lead.Supporting the management of the DCMH by providing direct delivery advice for MHSW to the DCMH line manager and or the MHSW Regional Lead.Assisting management and DCMH by providing advice and support on safeguarding issues and practice as DCMH Safeguarding Lead.Undertaking such additional clinical/management tasks as may be appropriate to the grade and the role agreed in discussion with their line manager / Head of Service (HoS).Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details.