Qualified Social Worker - Mental Health

This is a London Borough of Hackney (LBH) role, based at East London NHS Foundation
Trust (ELFT). ELFT provides a comprehensive mental health service to people from a
diverse range of cultures and ethnic groups covering the City of London, Hackney, Newham
and Tower Hamlets. The post holder should be dedicated to providing high-quality mental
health social care within diverse, multi-disciplinary teams, with focus on delivering
exceptional interventions that achieve the best possible outcomes for individuals with mental
health needs.

Working to promote personalised support and facilitating the opportunities for service
user choice and control, they will be responsible for managing a case load, conducting
robust assessments in partnership with service users, their carers and multi-disciplinary
partners where appropriate.

Duties:
Assessment and Signposting

● To provide recovery focused, strengths-based social care assessments, signposting and assistance in a way that is consistent with person-centred standards and which promotes independence.
● To be responsible for recognising and assessing adults at risk and following agreed procedures to record, investigate and respond with appropriate and timely support and interventions showing an understanding of mental capacity
assessment, risk enablement, working with an understanding of unwise decision making and Making Safeguarding Personal.
● To ensure service users get the right help at the right time, addressing their needs for choice, early intervention, prevention, information and advice, helping them take advantage of opportunities and make decisions regarding their
support. This will include devising appropriate well-being and support plans. The use and understanding of advocacy will be key to this role.
● To proactively promote activities and services that improves health and wellbeing and helps people to continue to live independently through access to a range of resources and universal services that do not require a social care
assessment.

Assessment and Support Planning

● To carry out robust and detailed person-centred, strengths-based assessments that are Care Act and s117 aftercare compliant. Working in line with the legislative frameworks and Care Act wellbeing principle and thresholds, and in
partnership with multi- disciplinary professionals. Using professional knowledge and skills to manage risks.
● To ensure service users and carers get the right help at the right time, addressing their needs for information and advice and helping them take advantage of opportunities and make choices for their support.
● To agree with service users and carers clear and achievable outcomes and devise appropriate support plans.
● Where appropriate, to proactively promote preventative activities, resources and universal services including creative Telecare solutions where appropriate, to improve health and wellbeing as part of the assessment and review of support
plans.
● To work collaboratively with other health, mental health and social care services to ensure a smooth transition from service to service and to support the provision of preventative or longer-term services wherever appropriate.
● To be willing and ready to work as part of an integrated health and care approach which seeks to put the service user at the centre of all that happens on their behalf.
● To apply the principles of recovery and personalisation by working in partnership with clients and carers using person-centred approaches to facilitate their involvement and choice, and actively seeking ways to maximise their
independence and promote their well-being. To use advocacy whenever appropriate and understand different types of advocacy.
● To apply an approach which sees the strengths and assets of the service users and their personal and community networks instead of a deficit view.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.