HEO Senior Mental Health Social Worker

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 22 April 2025

Job summary

Are you a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker looking for an exciting and rewarding role working alongside the military? Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and training opportunities? Would you like your career to take a different direction into a friendly and professional organisation?

If the answer is yes, you would be well-suited to the Senior Mental Health Social Worker role that we have within the Department for Community Mental Health at RAF Lemming.

This vacancy is full-time, offering 37 hours per week.

Benefits:

£5000 Market Supplement (pro-rata) will be offered to the successful candidate.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Excellent training and development opportunities tailored to your role
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
Free parking
An environment with hybrid / flexible working options

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of the designated Mental Health Team.

This will include providing social care management for Mental Health (MH) patients within the DCMH and the designated civilian In-patient Service Provider (ISP) or National Health Service Mental Health facilities, conforming and adhering to the standards set by Social Work England (SWE), Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) , Social Care Wales (SCW) or Scottish Social Services Council, Defence Medical Services (DMS), Defence Primary Health Care Service (DPHC) and Defence Health and Recovery Group (DHRG).

About us

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Date posted

28 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£36,530 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time) Plus £5000 market Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0148

Job locations

Old Medical Centre

Building 20, RAF Leeming

North Allerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 9NJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

To provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services.
Contribute to the development of service delivery, suggesting developmental initiatives in support of observations
Manage patient caseloads according to Defence Community Mental Health (DCMH) allocation processes and practices as directed by the clinical team lead / Manager and the MHSW Regional Lead.
Support the management of the DCMH by providing direct delivery advice for MHSW to the DCMH line manager and or the MHSW Regional Lead
Support management and DCMH by providing advice and support on safeguarding issues and practice as DCMH Safeguarding Lead
Undertake such additional clinical/management tasks as may be appropriate to the grade and the role agreed in discussion with their line manager / Regional lead / HoS

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for further information.

Selection Process

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV.

At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:

Changing and Improving.
Making Effective Decisions.
Communicating and Influencing.
Working Together.
Managing a Quality Service.

A vignette case study will be required at interview- subject to be advised.

Further Information:

A full UK driving licence is required for this position due to the need for home visits.

When choosing your behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

Please copy and paste into your browser the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk: Making the civil service a great place to work for veterans.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Please ensure you have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying.