Senior Social Worker

Job overview
Crawley is a lively and friendly team where you will be offered mentorship and supervision from senior nursing colleagues, active management
support and the chance to undertake training courses relevant to your professional practice. You will also have access to regular professional
supervision.
Hours of work are generally between 9am and 5pm from Monday to Friday.
As a Lead Social Worker within our service you will be working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including Social Workers, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists and medics. You will work with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, providing specialist interventions specific to your knowledge base and experience as a Social Worker and acting in the role of Lead Practitioner for a defined caseload of complex clients.
You will be able to use your specialist knowledge and experience to support staff through consultations and provide supervision to other members of the team.
You will also be working as a member of the Leadership Team and where your expertise, knowledge and ideas will be valued.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible and provide effective leadership as a part of a leadership team. To provide specialist social work knowledge and guidance for a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available within a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas: Where required, take the role of practice educator for social work students and the role of ASYE assessor and supervisor for newly qualified Social Workers in the team. To be a key link with local authority partners and Acute Services/nurturing and maintain good relationships to ensure the best outcomes for service users. To engage with the social work professional network in SPFT: attending forums and supporting professional supervision and CPD for Social Workers within this setting. To keep up to date with current regional and national social work-related developments and share these with the team as appropriate
Working for our organisation
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a Senior Social Worker in our team we can offer you:

• Access to full psychological and wellbeing support, via our internal wellbeing team
• Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
• Free parking on-site
• Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
• A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
• Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
• A 'Golden Hello' or relocation package of up to £2000 (see attached documentation)

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the links in the right-hand column or contact:
Graham Shepherd - Graham.shepherd@spft.nhs.uk
Hannah Ryan - hannah.ryan@spft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Senior Social Worker within our service you will be working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including Social Workers, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists and medics. You will work with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, providing specialist interventions specific to your knowledge base and experience as a Social Worker and acting in the role of Lead Practitioner for a defined caseload of clients.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Recognised social work qualification (Degree/MA in Social Work)
• Evidence of post registration training in relevant qualification.

Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria

• Knowledge of current NHS performance agenda
• Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
• Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
• Understanding of Mental Health Act, Care Act and other relevant legislation (Mental Capacity Act/Human Rights Act/etc)
• Experience of managing staff

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.