Social Worker Approved Mental Health Practitioner

The Service & Team:

The role reports directly to the operational Team Leaderto provide a statutory social work service to adults with mental health and social care needs achieving high quality timely and person-centred needs assessments that will reflect the needs and risks to the individual analysis care planning intervention and review appropriate to meet their eligible needs.

The Role:

The Mental Health Social worker is required to work collaboratively with colleagues from different teams disciplines and partner organisations in order to provide a seamless service to individuals/families/carers who are under the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) both in the community and in hospital setting. They will work in partnership with services and individuals across a range of settings promoting autonomy and development with individuals who have complex needs and receive support from the CMHT; and work with communities individuals and carers to promote their personal strengths and wellbeing.

The Mental Health Social Worker will be required to maintain their knowledge regarding social policy and social work practice and work within the appropriate legislative context. To actively promote self-learning to ensure professional development and provide high quality practice in line with PCF and professional standards.

To work with other team members and multi-disciplinary team members from other services to meet the needs of adults with mental health needs that promotes independence recovery prevention re-ablement and self-determination. To ensure the views and wishes of the adult and carers are given appropriate consideration and are central to all decision making and that they are fully involved in the process of assessment and support planning

To act to protect adults in need of support services in line with legal limits and requirements and procedures and to ensure that all aspects of the councils safeguarding policies are observed

Work within the Councils budgetary framework and have understanding with regard to Local Authority legal limits and negotiation with s.117 Aftercare Duty ICB and other streams of funding.

This is a public/customer-facing role where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

What youll need to succeed:

• Substantial pre/post qualifying experience.
• Clear understanding of the needs of adults with mental health needs
• Professional expertise and demonstrable experience in social work withadults in need of support servicesand their with multiple client groups in particular mental health.
• Expert knowledge and experience of relevant legislation policy and principles including Mental Health Act Mental Capacity Act Adult Social Care and Human Rights legislation and Person-Centred Practice.
• Ability to undertake risk assessments complex assessments of need and support plans which focus on analysis strengths and individual outcomes.
• Skills in working collaboratively with health colleagues and other agencies and stake holders.
  
  

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert.

What youll get in return:

Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Melanie Burns - / Lisa Lawson - / Lynn Iveson-Mills -

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.