Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical/Practice

To liaise and interface with multidisciplinary staff within service area.

To liaise and work with external agencies, in particular Local Authority Childrens Services, National Deaf CAMHS and CAMHS Community Services (Tier 3).

To be responsible for investigating and advising with regard to complex and highly sensitive and often confidential information, relating to safeguarding cases and other cases where there are high risk social factors

• To provide effective skilled advice to a range of professionals, often at short notice under pressure.

To contribute to the MDT formulation a range of treatment options based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence e.g. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.

To provide written reports for a variety of purposes and audiences including social circumstances reports for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers Hearings; safeguarding investigation reports; social work reports for use within the Service and for communication with external health and social care organisations and possibly for the Courts; periodic audits and evaluations of aspects of service; periodic analytical reports on social work and social care practices and issues within the service area for the Directorate and/or for the Head of Social Work.

To develop and provide consultation to other services and agencies. This may include consulting to individual clinicians or to multi-disciplinary teams, comprising the full range of mental health professionals, including Social Services, Health Services, Educational Services, Housing, Police and CJS and voluntary and other statutory agencies

To supervise less experienced social workers in day-to-day clinical practice

To maintain up-to-date and detailed knowledge and awareness of relevant legislation (including its application to unusual circumstances that occur in specialist mental health services, guidance and Trust policies and procedures, and to work within these.

To maintain high standards of professional practice, working at all times in the best interests of service users and carers,

To contribute to the assessment of young people and their families admitted to the ward in such a way as to ensure safe discharge planning

To communicate in a highly skilled sensitive and timely manner information concerning assessment, formulation and treatment plans of service users.

To carry out comprehensive risk assessments when indicated, to advise staff on risk and to intervene to minimize risk.

To work collaboratively with adult care services to ensure appropriate transitions.

To work closely with all members of relevant service to achieve the best possible outcomes

To effectively communicate professional opinion, verbally and in writing to families, other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies and to maintain close links with relevant clinicians and services.

To promote the interests and welfare of all patients and their families with particular reference to the

Human Rights Act 1998 and all relevant policy and legislation (e.g. Children Act 1989, NHS and Community Care Act 1990, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty orders and the Mental Health Act 1983)

To lead on adult and child safeguarding within service area and to act as a key point of liaison for the team between the Service and local and regional statutory childrens and adults safeguarding and child protection services within Local Authorities and other partner agencies.

Job responsibilities

Clinical/Practice

To liaise and interface with multidisciplinary staff within service area.

To liaise and work with external agencies, in particular Local Authority Childrens Services, National Deaf CAMHS and CAMHS Community Services (Tier 3).

To be responsible for investigating and advising with regard to complex and highly sensitive and often confidential information, relating to safeguarding cases and other cases where there are high risk social factors

• To provide effective skilled advice to a range of professionals, often at short notice under pressure.

To contribute to the MDT formulation a range of treatment options based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence e.g. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.

To provide written reports for a variety of purposes and audiences including social circumstances reports for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers Hearings; safeguarding investigation reports; social work reports for use within the Service and for communication with external health and social care organisations and possibly for the Courts; periodic audits and evaluations of aspects of service; periodic analytical reports on social work and social care practices and issues within the service area for the Directorate and/or for the Head of Social Work.

To develop and provide consultation to other services and agencies. This may include consulting to individual clinicians or to multi-disciplinary teams, comprising the full range of mental health professionals, including Social Services, Health Services, Educational Services, Housing, Police and CJS and voluntary and other statutory agencies

To supervise less experienced social workers in day-to-day clinical practice

To maintain up-to-date and detailed knowledge and awareness of relevant legislation (including its application to unusual circumstances that occur in specialist mental health services, guidance and Trust policies and procedures, and to work within these.

To maintain high standards of professional practice, working at all times in the best interests of service users and carers,

To contribute to the assessment of young people and their families admitted to the ward in such a way as to ensure safe discharge planning

To communicate in a highly skilled sensitive and timely manner information concerning assessment, formulation and treatment plans of service users.

To carry out comprehensive risk assessments when indicated, to advise staff on risk and to intervene to minimize risk.

To work collaboratively with adult care services to ensure appropriate transitions.

To work closely with all members of relevant service to achieve the best possible outcomes

To effectively communicate professional opinion, verbally and in writing to families, other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies and to maintain close links with relevant clinicians and services.

To promote the interests and welfare of all patients and their families with particular reference to the

Human Rights Act 1998 and all relevant policy and legislation (e.g. Children Act 1989, NHS and Community Care Act 1990, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty orders and the Mental Health Act 1983)

To lead on adult and child safeguarding within service area and to act as a key point of liaison for the team between the Service and local and regional statutory childrens and adults safeguarding and child protection services within Local Authorities and other partner agencies.

Person Specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Recognised social work qualification or equivalent
• Current registration with Social Work England register of qualified social workers
• Attainment at postgraduate/ Masters level in relevant area of study
• Evidence of relevant post-qualifying formal study / professional development

Desirable

• Completion of post- qualifying award or advanced award in social work
• Commitment to additional training relevant to post

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Demonstrable extended post qualification experience in a social work setting with an emphasis on children and young people with mental health problems
• Knowledge and understanding of child development, parenting capacity, environmental factors, risk and protective factors
• Experience of dealing with complex caseloads and working in a multi-disciplinary mental health service
• Experience of child and adult safeguarding practice
• Experience of supervising other social work stafF
• Experience of providing consultation and advice

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of policy development
• Experience of working with deaf service users
• Experience of working with interpreters
• Previous experience of giving presentations particularly in promoting awareness and issues or academic research

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Recognised social work qualification or equivalent
• Current registration with Social Work England register of qualified social workers
• Attainment at postgraduate/ Masters level in relevant area of study
• Evidence of relevant post-qualifying formal study / professional development

Desirable

• Completion of post- qualifying award or advanced award in social work
• Commitment to additional training relevant to post

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Demonstrable extended post qualification experience in a social work setting with an emphasis on children and young people with mental health problems
• Knowledge and understanding of child development, parenting capacity, environmental factors, risk and protective factors
• Experience of dealing with complex caseloads and working in a multi-disciplinary mental health service
• Experience of child and adult safeguarding practice
• Experience of supervising other social work stafF
• Experience of providing consultation and advice

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of policy development
• Experience of working with deaf service users
• Experience of working with interpreters
• Previous experience of giving presentations particularly in promoting awareness and issues or academic research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Springfield Hospital

Tooting

SW17 0YF

Employer's website

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