Social Worker - Mental Health Hospital & Inreach
Social Worker - Mental Health Hospital & Inreach
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Job Description
Organisation:Leicestershire County Council
Work Location:Various
Worker Category:Hybrid Worker up to 2 days a week in the office
Salary:31074 - 33294 for Newly Qualified Social Workers 34350 to 37950 for Level 2 Social Workers 38700 to 41373 plus 3300 market premia payment for Level 3 Social Workers
Working Hours:Monday to Friday 37 hours per week
Contract Type:Permanent & Fixed Term
Closing Date:Friday 30th May 2025
Here at Leicestershire County Council we have exciting opportunities available to Newly Qualified Social Workers as well as experienced Level 2 and Level 3 Social Workers with a passion for working in collaboration with people facing a wide range of issues.
About the Role
We are now delighted to be able to offer vacancies within the following teams:
- Mental Health Hospital Team (fixed term until 31/03/26 37 hours per week)
- Mental Health Hospital Team (2 permanent vacancies 37 hours per week)
- Assertive Inreach (fixed term until 31/03/26 37 hours per week)
Our Teams
The Mental Health Hospitals Teamsupports the residents of Leicestershire and Rutland. Working alongside health partners to ensure that the patient receives a safe person centred and coordinated will be required to visit in-patients at Mental Health Hospitals.
The Assertive Inreach Teamis a new service funded by Better Care. Assertive Inreach assist hospital patients with mental health difficulties to maintain their finances during an in-patient stay link to community resources and ensure that they are ready for discharge. You will be required to visit in-patients at the Bradgate Hospital and other wards linked with the hospital around the county.
Assertive Inreach work with individuals that are resident in City County and Rutland.
We are looking for:
- Newly Qualified Social Workers: 31074 to 33294
- Level 2 Social Worker:34350 to 37950
- Level 3 Social Worker:38700 to 41373 plus market supplement of 3300 (42000 to 44673)
All our teams are friendly and supportive with regular supervision and our employees have manageable workloads. The teams hold weekly Group Supervision Meetings to promote the best possible outcomes for the people we work with across Leicestershire. We provide a comprehensive induction package with ongoing access to bespoke learning and development opportunities. This includes tailored continuous professional development sessions and access to academic research and practice expertise to develop skills experience and inform our employees practice.
For further information on what its like to work for us please visit:
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England.
- Have knowledge of social work methodologies social care policies such as person-centred approaches and asset based social work and relevantlegislation including The Care Act Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
- Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
- Have experience of partnership working with adults to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
- Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy persuasion assertive and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships.
- Be able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
- Have good prioritisation and time management skills and have a valid UK driving licence or access to a vehicle
We also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This mayinclude requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact:
Chelbie Shepherd Resourcing Co-ordinator
Telephone: 0
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section more information see theHow to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post pleasecontact our Employee Service Centre: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Employment Type
Full Time
