Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker - Adults Mental Health - Wiltshire
Location: Wiltshire
Pay Rate: up to £35 per hour

About the Role:

Our client in Wiltshire is looking for a passionate, motivated, and experienced Mental Health Social Worker to join their team. This role involves working within the community mental health setting to carry out social care assessments, develop care plans, and support patients during their treatment and recovery process. This is a small, well-established, dedicated social care service for people with severe and enduring mental health conditions.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will conduct thorough social care assessments to identify the needs of patients within the community. You will develop and implement effective care plans tailored to individual needs and collaborate with medical, nursing, therapy, and mental health teams to ensure smooth and timely treatment plans. Managing a caseload, you will provide support with housing, access to benefits, and practical support at home for patients receiving secondary mental health services. Additionally, you will work with specialist teams for early intervention in psychosis, assertive outreach, dual diagnosis, and psychological therapies. You will operate in a hybrid model, working both from home and community sites as required, and undertake other assessments such as Mental Capacity Assessments (MCA), Safeguarding enquiries, and Continuing Health Care (CHC) checklists as needed. Finally, you will assess, coordinate, and arrange care for service users with mental health problems, including dementia, both in the community and in the hospital.

Benefits:

• Diverse Experience: Work with individuals of all ages, providing a broad range of experiences and opportunities to develop your skills in different areas of social work.
• Holistic Support: Focus on supporting the personal, social care, and health outcomes of patients, allowing you to make a significant impact on their lives.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth. Collaborate with other professionals, enhancing your knowledge and expertise.
• Community Impact: Play a crucial role in the community by supporting individuals during their treatment and recovery, helping them achieve greater independence and well-being.
• Supportive Environment: Comprehensive support, including assessments and tailored care plans, ensuring you have the resources needed to effectively support your clients.
• Career Progression: Opportunities for career advancement within the service, allowing you to take on more responsibilities and leadership roles as you gain experience.

What we are looking for in a Social Worker:

• SWE registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK license
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

How to apply?

If this is a job for you, feel free to click apply below or if you want to learn more about it, please contact 01619741668 / michael.doherty@liquidpersonnel.com

Why Liquid Personnel?

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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