In-Patient Social Worker inRochdale inRochdale PUBLISHED
SAT 25 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with complex needs and mental health challenges.
Access to comprehensive clinical and managerial supervision, which supports professional growth and effective practice.
Engagement in a multi-disciplinary clinical team, fostering collaboration and diverse perspectives in patient care.
Strong focus on continuing professional development, with annual personal development reviews to enhance skills and knowledge.
Generous leave package, starting with 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, providing work-life balance.
Access to a dedicated Staff Wellbeing Service, promoting mental health and overall staff wellness.
The organization prioritizes staff satisfaction and has received excellent feedback from patients, creating a supportive work environment.
The In-Patient Social Worker role at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Rochdale is centered on meeting the social care needs of male service users aged 18 to 65 with psychotic disorders, who are receiving treatment in a low secure rehabilitation and high support care unit. This challenging position involves working within a multi-disciplinary clinical team to assess, monitor, and support the complex needs of patients detained under the Mental Health Act, while also engaging with their families and carers. Professionals will utilize their knowledge and interpersonal skills to conduct comprehensive risk assessments and develop care plans in line with legal frameworks.
The Trust offers a supportive work environment with clinical and managerial supervision, as well as opportunities for ongoing professional development. Employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including generous annual leave, NHS pension scheme, wellbeing services, and various discounts. Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing high-quality mental health and community services, emphasizing a positive workplace culture for its staff.
The Trust offers a supportive work environment with clinical and managerial supervision, as well as opportunities for ongoing professional development. Employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including generous annual leave, NHS pension scheme, wellbeing services, and various discounts. Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing high-quality mental health and community services, emphasizing a positive workplace culture for its staff.
Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub (RHS): Prospect Place is a 45 bedded unit made up of 3 wards based at Birch Hill Hospital, rochdale . The unit is for male service users aged 18 to 65 years, who have been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, for example > paranoid schizophrenia and are receiving treatment under the Mental Health Act.
Prospect Place offers a low secure setting to support and promote recovery and daily living skills by offering interventions to increase the service user’s insight around their mental health, early warning signs, vulnerabilities and risks associated with themselves and others.
Role Summary: The successful candidate will meet the social care needs of in-patient service users detained under the Mental Health Act and will form part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team. This is a challenging role as the patients we care for often have complex needs and require intense care and treatment. Clinical and managerial supervision will be available as well as opportunities for Continuing Professional Development.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high quality mental health, learning disability and community services across a large area of Greater Manchester
Our vision is to enable a happier and more hopeful life for each and every person within our communities.
Our 4,500 staff work tirelessly to deliver the very best care and we receive excellent feedback from our patients. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we are a great place to work.
We Offer The Following Benefits
27 days annual leave rising to 29 (after 5 years) and 33 (after 10 years) plus 8 bank holidays- pro rata
Prospect Place offers a low secure setting to support and promote recovery and daily living skills by offering interventions to increase the service user’s insight around their mental health, early warning signs, vulnerabilities and risks associated with themselves and others.
Role Summary: The successful candidate will meet the social care needs of in-patient service users detained under the Mental Health Act and will form part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team. This is a challenging role as the patients we care for often have complex needs and require intense care and treatment. Clinical and managerial supervision will be available as well as opportunities for Continuing Professional Development.
- To use professional knowledge to assess, monitor and review social care needs of individuals, relatives, and carers within specific care group in accordance with agreed competencies, quality standards and professional good practice in relation to case and risk management.
- Use professional skills, knowledge, and experience plus a range of interpersonal and communication skills to gather information in order to make full assessments of risks protection and social care needs of individual and family carers within relevant legal and statutory frameworks and agreed priorities.
- Refer to other agencies and make joint assessments where appropriate
- Offer support and guidance and work in a professional manner with patients’ carers and families.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high quality mental health, learning disability and community services across a large area of Greater Manchester
Our vision is to enable a happier and more hopeful life for each and every person within our communities.
Our 4,500 staff work tirelessly to deliver the very best care and we receive excellent feedback from our patients. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we are a great place to work.
We Offer The Following Benefits
27 days annual leave rising to 29 (after 5 years) and 33 (after 10 years) plus 8 bank holidays- pro rata
- NHS Pension scheme
- A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Service
- Annual personal development review and support for continual personal and professional development A number of NHS discounts across retail, leisure and travel
- Flexible Working
- Staff Discount with Stagecoach and First Buses
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