Mental Health Social Worker - Adult Services

Hackney ,
Hackney, Greater London
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t PO2 - Mental Health Social Worker PO3 - PO4 - Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) We are currently recruiting a Mental Health Social Worker to join our integrated community mental health team. This is a specialist community mental health team that works with people who present complex and enduring mental health and social care needs. Your role will be to ensure that the social care agenda, including safeguarding issues are dealt with and to respond to the needs of adults with mental disorders and their carers in a timely manner. You will plan and deliver outcome focused interventions linked to promoting independence and social inclusion. Significant experience of working in an adult mental health setting or delivering a mental health service is required. We welcome applicants that are qualified AMPH's, or social workers who are willing to undertake training in this area. You will be qualified in CQSW or DipSW or equivalent, registered with Social Work England; and have experience of working in inner city urban areas. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role. Hackney is one of the UK's highest performing local authorities, serving one of London's best places to live and work. We have achieved a huge amount: our services, our schools, our public spaces are all amongst the very best. We have changed the reputation, not just of the Council, but of Hackney itself. Bringing jobs and investment into the borough, securing the legacy from the 2012 Games, and making this a place of which we can all be proud. If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below. t Please include a supporting statement, addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience would enable you to meet all aspects of the post, as indicated in the job description and person specification. Closing date for applications: 21 June 2020 Interview date: 09 July 2020 We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive. Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce. Available documents * Mental Health Social Worker JD

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