Job summary
Are you looking to join an organisation where you really can make a difference every day? Are you compassionate, caring and striving to deliver the highest standards of patient care? If so, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes your application for a Band 4 Senior Social Work Assistant.
This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, dynamic and organised Band 4 practitioner to join the Adult Inpatient Division, Bed Management & Adult Inpatient Social Work Team. The team work closely with Adult Acute, PICU and Rehabilitation wards to help facilitate safe and effective admission and discharge to and from inpatient settings.
Within this fast paced demanding, but highly rewarding role, you can expect to gain a wide range of experience including knowledge and understanding around treatment pathways, available resources for service users leaving hospital environments and develop close working relationships with all support services across Lincolnshire.
This is a role with considerable responsibility; you'll be working alongside senior clinicians to ensure the best possible outcomes for all service users under the care of Adult inpatient Services.
If you're a talented individual who can deliver clinically and have an experienced knowledge of mental health, we would like to hear from you.
For further information please contact Danielle Dowse, Team Manager danielle.dowse1@nhs.net or 01522 307481
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the implementation of care plans and support to services users experiencing severe mental illness and/or mental health problems across the inpatient wards. The post holder will work under the supervision of a team leader and joint work with social work and inpatient colleagues. Main requirements are to:
- Contribute positively to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team workSupport people in Adult Acute, PICU and Rehabilitation Inpatient services aged between 18 and 65 who have severe and enduring mental illness
- Work with individuals to develop support plans, set outcomes and enable people to achieve those outcomes.
- Support individuals through the recovery process, to achieve the best quality of life possible and to be able to live as independently as possible.
- Identify and support with overcoming barriers to discharge
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To liaise with the Registered Social Care Professionals and carry out assigned duties delivering a variety of mental health and social care interventions to service users suffering from mental ill health.
Provide direct social care support including short term social work intervention, rapid reablement and longer-term social care intervention under the direction of a qualified social worker, where applicable for joint-worked cases.
Provide direct physical, social and psychological care to service users under supervision in accordance with individualised support plans, reporting about the service users condition to qualified staff and enabling service users to achieve defined outcomes set out in their support plans.
Exchange factual information with service users, who may have barriers to understanding using reassurance, tact and empathy.
Contribute to the assessment and analysis of clinical and non-clinical situations, making routine judgments to resolve straight forward problems.
To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to social care professionals.
Promote equality for all service users and understand their social care needs.
Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of social care.
Comply with and carry out safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and Social Work England codes of conduct.
Liaise with, and develop effective partnership working with, people and organisations within the Trust and Local Authority, as well as other statutory and voluntary agencies.
For full details please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To liaise with the Registered Social Care Professionals and carry out assigned duties delivering a variety of mental health and social care interventions to service users suffering from mental ill health.
Provide direct social care support including short term social work intervention, rapid reablement and longer-term social care intervention under the direction of a qualified social worker, where applicable for joint-worked cases.
Provide direct physical, social and psychological care to service users under supervision in accordance with individualised support plans, reporting about the service users condition to qualified staff and enabling service users to achieve defined outcomes set out in their support plans.
Exchange factual information with service users, who may have barriers to understanding using reassurance, tact and empathy.
Contribute to the assessment and analysis of clinical and non-clinical situations, making routine judgments to resolve straight forward problems.
To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to social care professionals.
Promote equality for all service users and understand their social care needs.
Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of social care.
Comply with and carry out safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and Social Work England codes of conduct.
Liaise with, and develop effective partnership working with, people and organisations within the Trust and Local Authority, as well as other statutory and voluntary agencies.
For full details please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
- NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent
- NVQ 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards archievement
- Level 4 qualification in health and social care plus experience within a health and social care setting to diploma level
Desirable
- Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post
- NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience of working with people with mental health problems as a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting
- Knowledge of risk assessment principles
- Experience in providing support for people in the community
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
- A patient and empathic approach. Clear and accurate clinical note keeping
- Quick decision making skills- calm approach and have the ability to liaise and consult with others colleagues if required
- Plan and organise their day and ensure that their whereabouts are known
- IT skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
- NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent
- NVQ 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards archievement
- Level 4 qualification in health and social care plus experience within a health and social care setting to diploma level
Desirable
- Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post
- NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience of working with people with mental health problems as a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting
- Knowledge of risk assessment principles
- Experience in providing support for people in the community
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
- A patient and empathic approach. Clear and accurate clinical note keeping
- Quick decision making skills- calm approach and have the ability to liaise and consult with others colleagues if required
- Plan and organise their day and ensure that their whereabouts are known
- IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
