Social Worker - Mental Health

Social Personnel ,
London, Greater London
Salary: £30 per hour

Overview

MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER - WESTMINSTER Social Personnel is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work within Westminster’s Mental Health Service. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Adults' Services and be registered with Social Work England. Duties of the Social Worker: To assess needs, plan, implement and monitor care in collaboration with the service user, carers, and other members of the multidisciplinary team. To implement care that meets the mental, physical, spiritual, psychological and social needs of the service user, and that is sensitive to age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, social class, sexuality and disability. To administer medication with knowledge of contraindications and side effects and relating accurate information to service users in a format they are able to understand. To formulate needs assessments for service users requiring commissioned services and to monitor care packages as directed. To ensure that risk assessments are completed in full, documented and actioned. To provide continuing assessment and follow up of the individualised care plan, liaising with appropriate stakeholders. To demonstrate an understanding of the distress caused by, and social and personal consequences of mental illness for service users and their careers. To formulate plans of care with service users which actively promote activities of health promotion and recovery. To work within policy, professional and legal frameworks at all times. Understand and upholds knowledge of relevant Code of Professional Conduct, risk assessment and child protection protocols, Mental Health Act and CPA, and Trust clinical policies. Facilitate the service user's choice, within legal, ethical and professional framework. To work with in an appropriate psychological framework with service users and carers. Essential Requirements: Social Work England registration Eligible to work in the UK Hold a full UK licence Post-qualified experience Benefits of working with Social Personnel: Access to the best roles across the UK earlier than other agencies; Social Personnel are a top Tier 1 agency through many of local authorities and trusts nationwide A way to give back to charitable organisations/disadvantaged young people, through our partnership with Youth at Risk, now known as GRIT Your weekly payment processed even if it misses the weekly approval cut-off for the 1st week - ending delays payments to you Training and development opportunities which meet the needs of your career and are tailored to you A market leading £250 referral bonus, for referring your colleagues to work for Social Personnel Highly experienced recruitment consultant and dedicated aftercare team Boat Parties, prize giveaways and many, many more… Contact: If you are interested in this position please contact Poppi