Social Worker inGloucester inGloucester PUBLISHED 23 DEC 2023

Band 6: £35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum (pro rata) PERMANENT

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust roTVeUhF

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Reviews of individuals that Gloucestershire have placed out of county.

The post holder will be based within the Social Care Hub and will work as part of a centralised Social Work Team. Within the Social Care Hub, social workers have a specific focus upon the needs of adults of working age with mental health problems who have social care needs.

They will lead on:

Care Act Assessments
Requests for Tribunal Reports for unknown cases from Wotton Lawn/Charlton Lane/Recovery Units and people who are from out of county
Reviews of individuals that Gloucestershire have placed out of county
Reviews of accommodation cases
Section 42 enquiries
Provide a multi-organisational crisis contingency and relapse planning function
Be the link for those that Gloucestershire has a Section 117 responsibility for, but reside outside Gloucestershire
Undertake the interface social care transition work for young people moving into adult services.
Act as Practice Educator for Social Work students and any ASYE social worker.
Arranging the provision or purchase of social care/health services to meet the assessed needs of individuals and their carers in more complex cases, whether within Gloucestershire or at a distance and to review such placements.
Enabling access for individuals to direct payments/personal health budgets.
Providing individuals and carers, in the community, with information and advice on appropriate sources of emotional, material or financial assistance, directly assessing, advocating and assisting in more complex cases.
Working in accordance with statutory and legal requirements offering specialist knowledge and consultation to the team on The Care Act 2, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Human Rights Act and a range of social care policy issues including appropriate adult and property protection, maintaining knowledge of and providing a bridge to local social care and County Council services and resources including those for child care and disabled adults/older people.

The social worker will maintain registration with Social Work England, holding to the associated values, in particular proactive implementation of anti-oppressive practice within a multi disciplinary setting.

Are you interested in...

Working with allocated individuals who have social care needs and serious and enduring mental health difficulties?
Developing and providing social care/health evidence based interventions for individuals of working age with mental health problems who are receiving social care/health funding and managed through the Social Care Hub?

Then this is the post for you!

Manage the service provision for a defined caseload of individuals who have social care/health needs as specified in the Social Care Hub Operational Policy.
To act as Care Manager where appropriate.
To ensure all child protection, adult safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act issues are dealt with according to policy.
To respond to requests for assessments and review of need for people with social care needs. Working in partnership with service users, carers and other professionals as agreed within the multi-disciplinary team and with the Recovery and Assertive Outreach Team Managers, including out of county/area reviews.
To work in partnership with service users, carers, other team members and other statutory and non-statutory agencies.
To liaise closely with Primary Health Services and other agencies at the point of discharge to ensure a smooth transition.
To participate in caseload supervision and workload management on a regular basis as required by the Social Care Hub Team manager.
To positively address issues of discrimination and social exclusion.
To act as mentor, supervisor and assessor to social work students and ASYE socialworkers who are placed within the team.
To participate in supervision, both personally and as a supervisor for junior staff within the requirements of Trust policy
To act up for the Social Care Hub Manager as required

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification

They will lead on:

Care Act Assessments
Requests for Tribunal Reports for unknown cases from Wotton Lawn/Charlton Lane/Recovery Units and people who are from out of county
Reviews of individuals that Gloucestershire have placed out of county
Reviews of accommodation cases
Section 42 enquiries
Provide a multi-organisational crisis contingency and relapse planning function
Be the link for those that Gloucestershire has a Section 117 responsibility for, but reside outside Gloucestershire
Undertake the interface social care transition work for young people moving into adult services.
Act as Practice Educator for Social Work students and any ASYE social worker.
Arranging the provision or purchase of social care/health services to meet the assessed needs of individuals and their carers in more complex cases, whether within Gloucestershire or at a distance and to review such placements.
Enabling access for individuals to direct payments/personal health budgets.
Providing individuals and carers, in the community, with information and advice on appropriate sources of emotional, material or financial assistance, directly assessing, advocating and assisting in more complex cases.
Working in accordance with statutory and legal requirements offering specialist knowledge and consultation to the team on The Care Act 2, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Human Rights Act and a range of social care policy issues including appropriate adult and property protection, maintaining knowledge of and providing a bridge to local social care and County Council services and resources including those for child care and disabled adults/older people.

Are you interested in...

Working with allocated individuals who have social care needs and serious and enduring mental health difficulties?
Developing and providing social care/health evidence based interventions for individuals of working age with mental health problems who are receiving social care/health funding and managed through the Social Care Hub?

Then this is the post for you!

Manage the service provision for a defined caseload of individuals who have social care/health needs as specified in the Social Care Hub Operational Policy.
To act as Care Manager where appropriate.
To ensure all child protection, adult safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act issues are dealt with according to policy.
To respond to requests for assessments and review of need for people with social care needs. Working in partnership with service users, carers and other professionals as agreed within the multi-disciplinary team and with the Recovery and Assertive Outreach Team Managers, including out of county/area reviews.
To work in partnership with service users, carers, other team members and other statutory and non-statutory agencies.
To liaise closely with Primary Health Services and other agencies at the point of discharge to ensure a smooth transition.
To participate in caseload supervision and workload management on a regular basis as required by the Social Care Hub Team manager.
To positively address issues of discrimination and social exclusion.
To act as mentor, supervisor and assessor to social work students and ASYE socialworkers who are placed within the team.
To participate in supervision, both personally and as a supervisor for junior staff within the requirements of Trust policy
To act up for the Social Care Hub Manager as required