# Forensic Social Worker - Community Senior Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum Inc HCAs
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T00:02:43.167Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Forensic_Social_Work_Practitioner/Senior_Forensic_Social_Work_Practitioner-v7876474
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7876474?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker who is experienced in, or has an interest in, Forensic Social Work.

East London NHS Foundation Trust provides the regional forensic mental health service covering the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, City of London, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. The Community Forensic team covers all of those boroughs and you will be expected to travel at times across different boroughs. There are office spaces you can work from in each of the boroughs.

The service meets the specialist needs of mentally disordered offenders, the majority of whom were admitted via the criminal justice system. The Community Forensic Social Work Team provides social supervision to service users who have been conditionally discharged, as well as renewal of CTO's within the team and a comprehensive social care service.

Applications from experienced mental health social workers and from those with transferable skills will be considered.

### Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing  a comprehensive social work service to the inpatients on your caseload.

You will actively contribute the social care perspective to forensic risk assessment and care planning.

You will carry out statutory functions such as preparing reports for the ministry of justice, social circumstance reports, attending tribunals, and will lead on safeguarding concerns.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

## Person Specification

### Essential

**Essential**

- Qualified AMHP

## Documents

- [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708)
- [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110)
- [community health leaflet (pdf, 171.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1864)
- [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111)
- [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844)
- [community fsw person specification (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10151167)
- [community senior practitioner - forensic social work (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10151165)

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