Social Worker

Nottinghamshirehealthcare; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham is looking for a qualified Social Worker to provide interventions for patients detained under the Mental Health Act. This role involves conducting assessments, care planning, and collaborating with a multi-professional team within a secure hospital environment. The ideal candidate will have experience working with mental health patients and be capable of working both under supervision and independently. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care and recovery.

Qualifications

• A qualified Social Worker registered with a relevant professional body.
• Experience working with mental health patients in a secure setting.
• Able to work under supervision and as part of a multi-professional team.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work service to patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
• Conduct initial assessments, risk assessments, and care planning.
• Collaborate with the multi-professional team for patient care.
• Support patients in a secure hospital environment.

Skills

Social Work

Risk assessment

Care planning

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Overview

To contribute to the provision of a Social Work Service at The Wells Road Centre, Low Secure Hospital; providing high quality Social Work intervention to patients detained under the Mental Health Act. This involves working with a diverse patient population undertaking initial assessment, risk assessment and care planning, in conjunction with other members of the multi-professional team under clinical and managerial supervision.

To be the nominated Social Worker for a defined patient caseload within the male mental illness, female and/ or intellectual and developmental disability pathway.

The post is situated within the Forensic Care Group and located in a low secure hospital setting in Nottingham City. The post holder will work with patients who are a risk to themselves and/ or others requiring care & treatment in a secure setting.

The role will require an individual to work effectively under the leadership of the Social Worker Manager in the provision of Social Work intervention contributing to the patient’s overall care, treatment & recovery. This role involves working directly with patients on wards as well as undertaking responsibilities that are office based.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the provision of a Social Work Service to patients detained under the Mental Health Act, including initial assessment, risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with the multi-professional team under supervision.
• Be the nominated Social Worker for a defined patient caseload within the male mental illness, female and/or intellectual and developmental disability pathway.
• Work within the Forensic Care Group in a low secure hospital setting, addressing patients who are at risk to themselves or others requiring care and treatment in a secure setting.
• Work under the leadership of the Social Worker Manager to provide social work intervention contributing to the patient’s overall care, treatment and recovery; undertake ward-based as well as office-based responsibilities.

Contact for further details

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charlotte Samples | Job title: Social Work Manager | Email: [e-mail] | Telephone: [phone]