Advanced Social Worker

MR-249

£35 Per Hour

Full Time

Contract

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Social Care

Posted 3 hours ago

Expires In 29 Days

Job Description

Advanced Social Worker, Leeds
Forensic Team
Pay rate, £35 per hour
Vitalis Social Care are currently recruiting for an Advanced Social Worker to join a Community Forensic Social Work Team in the Leeds area.
Job Role and Responsibilities: -
As a community Forensic Social Worker you will work closely with colleagues from other disciplines to assess needs and risks of forensic service users and their families and carers and provide a range of Social Work interventions. We are looking for someone with the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people and service providers while maintaining professional independence and strong Social Work values in coordinating social care services for service users. You will be working with people to develop innovative packages of support to promote their independence and high levels of collaborative risk management, developing opportunities in the community making a real difference to the lives of service users and providing Social Supervision and Ministry of Justice reports for Conditionally Discharged patients.

The Community Forensic Social Work Team provides specialist mental health services for people with complex needs associated with mental illness and learning disability in a range of settings from community to secure hospitals, who have a history of offending or challenging behavioural needs associated with significant risk. The role requires: A comprehensive understanding of the Care Act, needs assessment and complex care planning. An understanding of risk assessments and risk management skills. Multi-disciplinary working often within health settings with a sound social care perspective. A clear understanding of safeguarding and Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements, MAPPA. Working with inpatients in secure and acute settings and service users in the community and an understanding of Health & Social Care and Criminal Justice legislation, skills in report writing in respect to Managers hearings and MHRT hearings.

Please contact Molly Rylance on 07815461919 or email molly.rylance@vitalissocialcare.co.uk for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

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