Senior / Social Worker - Working Age Mental Health Services

Salary: £33,945 to £44,428
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Horsham

In this challenging, but rewarding role, you will be required to act as allocated SOCIAL WORKER responsible for delivering a statutory social work service to those people who access or need specialist MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, to include assessment, planning, implementing and review. This includes being responsible for leading on specialist areas of service delivery (for example peri-natal, early intervention, transitions and homelessness), ensuring that key developments are communicated to colleagues and that business change is successfully implemented.

You will work as part of a geographically based specialist MENTAL HEALTH social work team, providing a service to people who are aged 18-65, with occasional contact with young people in transition, who are under 18.

You will work effectively in partnership with other staff, teams and agencies, both internal to the Council and external, including Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

There will be some requirement for you to work flexibly in order to support customers, carers and families, sometimes out of normal working hours. You'll also need to be able to travel independently throughout the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.

Rewards and Benefits

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05052.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Vicky Cobb (Team Manager WAMHS Northern) at

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Work England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

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