Social Worker - Mental Health

You will receive an honorarium of £3000 per year, paid monthly for the AMHP work you undertake

About the role:

This is an opportunity to join a cohesive social care Mental Health team as care coordinator. You would hold a caseload of people requiring support and assessment under the social services and wellbeing act with a focus on prevention, voice, control within a CMHT context. You will hold “What matters” conversations with people and work towards social inclusion and recovery focus aims. This is a supportive team  with excellent supervision and CPD opportunities. You would ideally hold an AMHP qualification or be a qualified Social Worker willing to work towards this qualification. There is a 3k market supplement for practicing AMHPs in recognition of the role.

About you:

• You will need a strong value base that seeks social inclusion and that challenges stereotypical views associated with Mental Health.
• You need to work to an ethos that underpinned the social services and wellbeing act
• Be and AMHP
• Prepared to train as an AMHP
• Undertake person-centred assessments of need and wellbeing
• Risk assess and undertake a care coordination role

What you will do:

• Form positive relationships with people who can excluded by services
• Ability to work collaboratively with citizens, families and other agencies
• Complete assessments and risk assessments to a high standards
• Be IT literate (training is provided as records are electronic)
• Uphold the social work accountability frame work
• Demonstrate safeguarding awareness and safeguarding processes