Senior Mental Health Social Worker

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 15 April 2025

Job summary

Are you a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker looking for an exciting and rewarding role? 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 at Department for Community Mental Health St Athan.

Our successful candidate will provide effective Mental Health Social Work in support of the designated Mental Health Team.

Benefits:

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 27%
Access to gym
Free parking
An environment with hybrid / flexible working options
Positive team working with access to National Mental Health Annual Symposiums and Cadre Conferences.
Access to Defence Discount Service

Main duties of the job

Main duties of this role will include but not be 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 Terms of Reference document for further information.

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

25 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£36,530 a year Plus £5000 market supplement , pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0149

Job locations

St Athan Medical Centre

MOD St Athan

Barry

Vale of Glamorgan

CF62 4WA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Selection Process

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

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly that you have the required skills, qualifications, and memberships in 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

At interview you may required to do a short presentation or vignette - subject to be advised.

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviourbased 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.

Please see attached link - Defence Medical Services - YouTube

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.

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

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.

Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.

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

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

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

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.

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.

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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the point- 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.

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Selection Process

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

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly that you have the required skills, qualifications, and memberships in 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

At interview you may required to do a short presentation or vignette - subject to be advised.

Please see attached link - Defence Medical Services - YouTube

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.

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

Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.

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

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

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.

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

Person Specification

Provide a CV

Essential

Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question-you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Please use double spacing where possible

Experience

Essential

Must be an appropriately qualified and significantly experienced Mental Health Social Work Practitioner in a mental health team with risk and mental state skills.
Evidence of continued professional development.
An understanding and working knowledge of all relevant social care legislation Mental Capacity Act (MCA) (05) including DOLS, Health and Social Care Act 2014, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (98) Adult and Children Safeguarding Policies.
Full UK Driving Licence

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Social Work or equivalent Diploma in Social Work (DipSW)
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW)

Membership and Registration

Essential

Must be registered with the Social Work England, SSSC, the CCW or NISCC.

Person Specification

Provide a CV

Essential

Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question-you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Please use double spacing where possible

Experience

Essential

Must be an appropriately qualified and significantly experienced Mental Health Social Work Practitioner in a mental health team with risk and mental state skills.
Evidence of continued professional development.
An understanding and working knowledge of all relevant social care legislation Mental Capacity Act (MCA) (05) including DOLS, Health and Social Care Act 2014, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (98) Adult and Children Safeguarding Policies.
Full UK Driving Licence

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Social Work or equivalent Diploma in Social Work (DipSW)
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW)

Membership and Registration

Essential

Must be registered with the Social Work England, SSSC, the CCW or NISCC.

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.