Adults Social Worker – Mental Health

2 weeks ago

Chelmsford, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

Adults Social Worker - Mental Health & Wellbeing

Permanent, Full Time

£36,101 to £48,622 per annum

Location: Countywide

Working Style: 

The Team

We provide early intervention support to the residents of Essex with their mental wellbeing within a social context. We provide direct support to improve people’s mental health to meet their outcomes, build confidence, coping strategies and resilience.

Joining the Mental Health Wellbeing team at Essex means you will be working in a supportive and innovative environment enabling you to develop your own ideas to make meaningful changes to the service user’s lives. Working with community groups, family and carers you will ensure advocacy for people with Mental Health difficulties. This role enables you to build meaningful relationships with service users and make a difference in their lives.

The team will be countywide community based with a mixture of working from home, local office-based working and working directly with adults in community settings.

The Opportunity

Working to support adults, and their families, who have complex social care needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, you’ll maximise their potential to live independently.

With case work focusing on the most complex and challenging adult cases within the Adult Mental Health Wellbeing team you’ll ensure that adults and their families are safeguarded. You’ll share ideas and best practice, providing specialist advice as part of a multi-disciplinary team sharing your knowledge as a Social Worker.

Responsibilities will include:

Working with individuals who have social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of a mental health condition. Working with communities, families, and individuals. Social workers maximise or promote personal strengths, social networks, and resources. Undertaking assessments of risk involving safeguarding of vulnerable adults due to mental health difficulties/carers and their families across a range of settings Promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have social care needs and are more vulnerable to exclusion. Working with communities, individuals, and families to promote their personal strengths, preventing an escalation in need and enhancing independence and wellbeing Interventions will be based upon ECCs Good Lives approach. Developing a client centric approach which enables early intervention and prevention and increases independence. Working within the statutory legal framework, policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory intervention has been reached.

About You

To apply you should be a qualified social worker with a current Social Work England registration. You’ll bring at least 1 year’s Mental Health social work experience, evidence of continuing professional development, and capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards.

As, as a subject matter expert in relevant professional practice, you should have a comprehensive understanding of current legislation, regulations, and guidance. With experience of chairing meetings involving clients, family members, carers, and other multi-agency professionals, and the ability to deliver direct work, we’re looking for your ability to develop strong relationships with partner agencies and the local community to provide a supportive framework for vulnerable adults.

This role involves travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means - is essential.

What We Offer In Return

We’ll support you to be your best…

Training and development to empower you from our award-winning Essex Social Care Academy. With us you can make your career work for you with flexible working options With us you can get the support you need with employee wellbeing and counselling Lease Car scheme Up to £8000 for relocation * With us you can have peace of mind with life assurance of three times annual salary Payment of professional fees for approved professions Local Government Pension Scheme. View and about the LGPS. Volunteering leave 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - access to free and confidential information, support, and guidance from a team of highly qualified professionals. Employee Networks – communities to support you, connect you and help influence change at ECC

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.

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Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment .

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

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