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B5 Social Worker with Recruitment Incentive

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£31,469 - £38,308 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
07 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
23 Jun 2025

Job overview

We are looking for a band five social worker to join our adult community mental health service in Bishops Stortford.

As a member of our multi-disciplinary team, you will provide high-quality social care to adults facing  mental health challenges.

Your main tasks will include assessment, care planning, and coordination, following a recovery framework that prioritizes individual choice and control. Supporting and assessing carers is also a crucial part of your role.

Main duties of the job

Join Our Community Team!

Whether you're a newly qualified Social Worker or have some experience, we have exciting opportunities . We seek enthusiastic, compassionate Social Workers who believe in recovery for people with severe mental health issues.

As a Community Mental Health Social Worker, you will manage a caseload, coordinate care, provide assessments, and deliver specific interventions for service users, their carers, and families. Flexibility and a positive, professional approach are essential. You should work well in a team, manage your workload, and show initiative.

An interest in mental health issues, understanding of Care Programme Approach, Care Management, and Safeguarding is essential. We support newly qualified Social Workers through the ASYE program.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

All Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England.

  • To undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, ensuring people meet Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) eligibility criteria, and are assessed using the self directed support Needs Outcome Assessment (NOA), process.
  • To undertake such reviews as part of an integrated assessment of people’s health and social care needs.
  • To offer direct support and advice to service users and their carers, through information and advice and ensure that those who do not meet FACS eligibility are appropriately signposted and supported.
  • To ensure appropriate health and social care services are commissioned with and on behalf of service users, including the duty to offer direct payments, and that processes are in place for service users to be charged by the local authority for all social care services.
  • To ensure that commissioned services allow choice to service users and carers, and focus on people living in the community with appropriate support and access to universal services.
  • To undertake regular risk assessments and ensure that vulnerable people are kept safe.
  • To undertake assessments of carers needs, including identifying contingency plans, and provision of support if appropriate.
  • To liaise and negotiate with other agencies eg Adult Care Services, Children Schools and Families, Benefit Agency, Housing authorities and providers etc., for joint planning with, or on behalf of, service users.

Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification before applying for this role.