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Nottinghamshire County Council

Social Worker

The closing date is 30 June 2025

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Job summary

To be responsible for both the assessment of individual needs and the initiation and co-ordination of a range of outcomes to meet them, promoting the principles of a strength-based approach, personalisation, rights based social work practice, choice, and control, to ensure that people can assess and manage their own needs, risks, and uncertainties.

Main duties of the job

Working with MH discharges for those who have been detained on MH act - LD Autism experience for those detained in special hospitals

About us

Countywide out of county hospitals 117. We are part of Improving Lives Directorate with Forensic AMHP team and Forensic services.

Details

Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£33,366 to £42,708 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28580

Job locations

Loughborough Road, Nottingham

Nottingham

NG2 7QP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Nottinghamshire County Council is developing an improve all-age Mental Health offer, alongside its existing work for people with Learning Disability and Autism which will involve strengthened multi-disciplinary working with a variety of partners. This will promote best practice, manage demand and respond to legislative change, with a focus on reablement. We want the people we serve to live good, ordinary lives in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can we work together to achieve it. We are looking for dynamic staff with relevant knowledge, skills and expertise in Mental Health, Learning Disability, Autism and Forensic Social Work, to facilitate hospital discharge. You'll be responsible for:

  • building trusted relationships
  • having conversations with people based on what matters most to them
  • making sure people's wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making
  • supporting people to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible
  • connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support
  • increasing people's hope, self-esteem and creative potential.
    • The role will ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support whilst playing a pivotal role, working with partner organisations, to shape and improve Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism services for local people. Essential requirements include:
  • recognising that people are the experts in their lives
  • communicating respectfully with and about people
  • thinking and acting creatively
  • challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude or oppress
  • critical reflection and a desire to keep learning
    • This is an exciting time for Adult Social Care as we implement new operational arrangements, ensuring that our services are fit for the future, with a focus on equity and individual outcomes to develop independence, alongside place based and partnership working with both internal and external partners. You will also contribute to the transformation of wider Adult Social Care services in line with the Council's strategic priorities and embed our Owning and Driving Performance Programme.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Nottinghamshire County Council is developing an improve all-age Mental Health offer, alongside its existing work for people with Learning Disability and Autism which will involve strengthened multi-disciplinary working with a variety of partners. This will promote best practice, manage demand and respond to legislative change, with a focus on reablement. We want the people we serve to live good, ordinary lives in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can we work together to achieve it. We are looking for dynamic staff with relevant knowledge, skills and expertise in Mental Health, Learning Disability, Autism and Forensic Social Work, to facilitate hospital discharge. You'll be responsible for:

  • building trusted relationships
  • having conversations with people based on what matters most to them
  • making sure people's wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making
  • supporting people to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible
  • connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support
  • increasing people's hope, self-esteem and creative potential.
    • The role will ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support whilst playing a pivotal role, working with partner organisations, to shape and improve Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism services for local people. Essential requirements include:
  • recognising that people are the experts in their lives
  • communicating respectfully with and about people
  • thinking and acting creatively
  • challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude or oppress
  • critical reflection and a desire to keep learning
    • This is an exciting time for Adult Social Care as we implement new operational arrangements, ensuring that our services are fit for the future, with a focus on equity and individual outcomes to develop independence, alongside place based and partnership working with both internal and external partners. You will also contribute to the transformation of wider Adult Social Care services in line with the Council's strategic priorities and embed our Owning and Driving Performance Programme.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • A Social Work qualification recognised by Social Work England (SWE).

    Experience

    Essential

    • 2 Years post qualifying in Mental Health.
    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • A Social Work qualification recognised by Social Work England (SWE).

    Experience

    Essential

    • 2 Years post qualifying in Mental Health.

    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.

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Nottinghamshire County Council

    Address

    Loughborough Road, Nottingham

    Nottingham

    NG2 7QP


    Employer's website

    https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Nottinghamshire County Council

    Address

    Loughborough Road, Nottingham

    Nottingham

    NG2 7QP


    Employer's website

    https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer contact details

    For questions about the job, contact:

    Team Manager

    Amanda Peto

    amanda.peto2@nottscc.gov.uk

    01158041977

    Details

    Date posted

    06 June 2025

    Pay scheme

    Other

    Salary

    £33,366 to £42,708 a year

    Contract

    Permanent

    Working pattern

    Full-time

    Reference number

    28580

    Job locations

    Loughborough Road, Nottingham

    Nottingham

    NG2 7QP


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