Social Worker - Mental Health Recovery

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Social Worker – Mental Health Recovery Team for its client’s BaNES Mental Health Recovery Team based in Bath. This is a patient-facing, community-based role within a multidisciplinary team, working with adults experiencing mental ill health to support recovery, promote independence and achieve positive outcomes through strengths-based practice.

As a Social Worker within the Mental Health Recovery Team, you will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary setting to assess needs, manage risk and deliver strengths-based interventions that support adults experiencing mental ill health.

Your responsibilities will include:

• →Completing strengths-based Care Act Assessments and Reviews
• →Undertaking Section 117 Assessments and Reviews
• →Completing Mental Capacity Act Assessments
• →Undertaking Court of Protection assessments, reports and recording, including S21A challenges
• →Completing Carers Assessments and support planning
• →Managing duty and triage responsibilities
• →Care commissioning and package management
• →Applying a strong understanding of mental health legislation and risk management
• →Considering the impact of mental ill health on an individual’s functioning, wellbeing and support needs
• →Working collaboratively with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to promote recovery and independence

This is a community-based role requiring independent travel, so access to your own transport is essential. Flexible working arrangements may be considered once established within the team, with current arrangements allowing one day per week working remotely.

• Social Work degree or equivalent recognised qualification
• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Post-qualified Social Work experience
• Experience working with adults experiencing mental ill health
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and relevant mental health legislation
• Experience of risk assessment and management
• Knowledge or experience of Section 117 and Court of Protection work
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to travel independently within the community and access to own transport

If you’re looking for your next Social Work opportunity and would like to join a supportive Mental Health Recovery Team in Bath, we’d love to hear from you.

•  Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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