Social Work Lead - Older Peoples Mental Health

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, dynamic person who can demonstrate commitment to the provision of high-quality person-centred care.

To lead and manage a team of experienced, specialist mental health social care workers, delivering high quality, strength based provisions, working with older people experiencing mental health difficulties and their families and carers. Maintaining and enhancing the quality of life and wellbeing of older people and their families and with promoting independence, autonomy, and dignity.

If you are passionate about providing high quality individualised patient care, enthusiastic about supporting patients' rehabilitation and increasing their independence and quality of life we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

  • Manage staff, resources, and relationships with key agencies to ensure timely and effective assessment, personalised support planning, and care management. Work in partnership with all agencies to ensure, a high quality, strength base provision is delivered to services users experiencing mental health problems, there family and carers
  • Lead on mental health expertise and social work knowledge to oversee staff cases loads which will have a high level of complexity
  • To ensure the most cost-effective and beneficial care packages are established, delivered and monitored, and comply with all relevant statutory requirements and Trust policies, standards and guidelines.
  • Ensure teams and individuals: - understand and apply legislation and national policy requirements, - understand and apply TSDNFT (and where appropriate partner agency) policies
  • Work within agreed procedures
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships
  • Meet required performance expectations
  • Deliver a service to the public that meets required quality standards and which optimises the opportunity for people to lead and manage their support

About us

A Baywide specialist service, The Older People's Mental Health Team (Adult Social Care) is a multi-disciplinary team co-located with Health services . A team with an excellent reputation for promoting strength based, creative approaches to working with older people with complex functional and organic mental health difficulties.

Why work with us

Date posted

06 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

388-5867582-AHP-A

Job locations

Chadwell

Paignton

TQ3 2DW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Relevant professional Social Work qualification Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate ofQualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social ServicesCurrent registration with SW EnglandPQ and commitment to post qualification training.

Experience in a leadership/management.Role modelling good practice for social care staff within the multi-disciplinary team.Experience of providing formal supervision Ability to plan and direct complex service demands.

Expertise in working with people with complexmental health needs, their families and carers.

Ability to oversee the undertaking of robust mental capacity assessments and Best Interest determinations and in-depth knowledge of theMental Capacity Act and code of practice.

Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay inorder to carry out duties:Willingness to undertake IT training when required.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

#caretojoinus

Job description

Job responsibilities

Relevant professional Social Work qualification Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate ofQualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social ServicesCurrent registration with SW EnglandPQ and commitment to post qualification training.

Experience in a leadership/management.Role modelling good practice for social care staff within the multi-disciplinary team.Experience of providing formal supervision Ability to plan and direct complex service demands.

Expertise in working with people with complexmental health needs, their families and carers.

Ability to oversee the undertaking of robust mental capacity assessments and Best Interest determinations and in-depth knowledge of theMental Capacity Act and code of practice.

Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay inorder to carry out duties:Willingness to undertake IT training when required.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

#caretojoinus

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowleadge

Essential

  • Current registration with SW England
  • Relevant professional Social Work qualification - Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social Services
  • Experience of working in mental health
  • PQ and commitment to post qualification

Desirable

  • Management Experince
  • Ability to plan and direct complex service demands
  • Experience of overseeing complex Safeguarding investigations
Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowleadge

Essential

  • Current registration with SW England
  • Relevant professional Social Work qualification - Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social Services
  • Experience of working in mental health
  • PQ and commitment to post qualification

Desirable

  • Management Experince
  • Ability to plan and direct complex service demands
  • Experience of overseeing complex Safeguarding investigations

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chadwell

Paignton

TQ3 2DW


Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chadwell

Paignton

TQ3 2DW


Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Community Services manager

Adrian Gaunt

adriangaunt@nhs.net

01803547289

Date posted

06 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

388-5867582-AHP-A

Job locations

Chadwell

Paignton

TQ3 2DW


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