Job Summary
“As a social worker within a mental health team, I can draw on all my training and skills and apply all of these to my service users. I am thrilled to be working in a team where recovery is top of their agenda.
As a social worker I work with a range of other professionals to ensure that the service user and their families are held at the centre of all decisions.
Working as part of an MDT I can not only learn from my colleagues but can use my expertise, skills and my knowledge of the legal framework to develop my colleagues knowledge.”
Is it your passion to work creatively with young people and families?
Our Children, Family & Young People Services across Suffolk are seeking dedicated Social Workers to join their existing team.
We have opportunities throughout our services, and want to hear from passionate individuals who share our values.
We are confident that being part of CFYP Suffolk would enable you to be the Social Worker you trained, and would like, to be. Joining our team will offer you the time and facilities to make a difference.
Main duties of the job
Ideally you’ll have experience and skills in working with children, young people and their families and carers. Our dedicated team is compassionate and responsive. There are processes to review our work, to develop areas of good practice, therapeutic skills and support learning and development of staff. We are a multi-agency team that has social workers, Practice Teachers and AMHPS working collaboratively across the care group. We uphold and advocate for the social model of recovery and are committed to the good practice guidelines of Social Work England.
The team has been developing ways of working which help to identify the types of needs that arise for young people and their families and channel resources appropriately.
As a social worker within CFYP Suffolk you will:
Managing and assessing risk is a large part of our role and as a team we robustly make decisions in complete collaboration with all systems.
As part of this team, responsibilities would include undertaking assessments of young people, working collaboratively with families and other supporting agencies to manage needs, as well as holding a caseload and undertaking duty.
About Us
You can expect regular clinical and management supervision with an emphasis on reflective practice. We hold a strong belief in team and individual development, you’ll be provided with a full induction program and access to extensive training and career development.
We are committed to formulation and ensuring that the pathway of the young person is based on the biosocial model of care and that the voice of the young adult is heard and validated throughout their episode of care.
We are seeking a warm, compassionate and needs-led approach with our service users, their families and their network.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become a sign off mentor
Experience
Essential
Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
Experience in delivery of clinical interventions
Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Desirable
Experience in delivering group based interventions
Experience in supporting service development
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).
