Social Worker - Deaf Service - Medium Secure Mental Health

Job summary

Fairbairn is a 17 bed ward in purpose-built medium secure service which manages D/deaf (profound, severe, partial or hard of hearing) patients with complex mental disorders in a culturally sensitive environment.

The ward accepts patients with a wide range of diagnosis including mental illness, learning disability, brain injury, autism spectrum disorder or personality disorder.

Many of our nursing team are d/deaf and all staff and patients are proficient in, or offered training in British Sign Language (BSL) ensuring greater engagement within the unit and participation in therapy.

In addition to Fairbairn Ward we also have a community based, 24 hour supported accommodation placements for D/deaf men and women with mental health and forensic needs in Northampton. The successful candidate would also work with some of the residents of these placements.

The Role

You will be confident in preparing formal reports, reviews and have experience in giving competent evidence to Mental Health Act Tribunals and other formal meetings. There will be opportunities to engage with families and carers.

The successful candidate will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team and have good communication and interpersonal skills. There is an expectation that the post holder will seek to develop their skills within this specialist area. If the post holder does not already have proficiency in BSL, training will be provided to develop this skill.

Main duties of the job

All Social Workers work within the Care Programme Approach and will be expected to lead on particular responsibilities that will include-

• Assessment of patient needs for social work interventions throughout admission
• Ensuring that patients rights are protected under the Mental Health Act 1983, Children Act, Human Rights Act, Safeguarding Adults procedures, and Community Care legislation.
• Advocating for patients or ensuring the involvement of appropriate advocacy services
• Preparation and presentation of Mental Health Review Tribunal reports.
• Working with carers and family members including visits to family homes, completing Core Assessments as needed, liaison with home area Health and Social Care services, other voluntary or statutory agencies, identifying and assessing appropriate community resources.
• Planning for Discharge and recording Section 117 Aftercare arrangements.
• Attendance at Clinical Review meetings and presentation of evidence of social work intervention.
• You must be willing to support students in training and/or offer supervision to less experienced colleagues.

About us

You can achieve more at St Andrews Healthcare

St Andrews Healthcare is a charity providing specialist mental healthcare services. We work in partnership with a number of NHS, voluntary, educational and research organisations to deliver a range of specialist inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve the lives of people with complex mental health needs.

Employer details

Employer name

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Address

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG

Employer's website

https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Address

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG

Employer's website

https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)

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