# In-Patient Social Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/in-patient-social-worker/7656e238-f730-4deb-9e09-d1f397662227 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/in-patient-social-worker/7656e238-f730-4deb-9e09-d1f397662227.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Meadows - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Social worker - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 PA, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:40:52.484Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Rochdale/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Social_WorkerMental_Health/Social_WorkerMental_Health-v8310991 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8310991?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub (RHS): Prospect Place is a 45 bedded unit made up of 3 wards based at Birch Hill Hospital, rochdale . The unit is for male service users aged 18 to 65 years, who have been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, for example \> paranoid schizophrenia and are receiving treatment under the Mental Health Act. Prospect Place offers a low secure forensic inpatient setting to support and promote recovery and daily living skills by offering interventions to increase the service user’s insight around their mental health, early warning signs, vulnerabilities and risks associated with themselves and others. Role Summary: The successful candidate will meet the social care needs of in-patient service users detained under the Mental Health Act and will form part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team. This is a challenging role as the patients we care for often have complex needs and require intense care and treatment. Clinical and managerial supervision will be available as well as opportunities for Continuing Professional Development. ### Main duties of the job - To use professional knowledge to assess, monitor and review social care needs of individuals, relatives, and carers within specific care group in accordance with agreed competencies, quality standards and professional good practice in relation to case and risk management. - Use professional skills, knowledge, and experience plus a range of interpersonal and communication skills to gather information in order to make full assessments of risks protection and social care needs of individual and family carers within relevant legal and statutory frameworks and agreed priorities. - Refer to other agencies and make joint assessments where appropriate - Offer support and guidance and work in a professional manner with patients’ carers and families. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Provide for the social care needs of in-patient service users \> detained under the Mental Health Act. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team. Carry out a range of social work responsibilities within framework of NHS and Community Care Act. The post holder will be confident with legal duties under MHA 1983 and MCA including Safeguarding of Adults at Risk and Children Have social circumstances report writing skills and ability to give evidence to MHT and reports to Ministry of Justice. As part of the MDT attend Clinical Team Meetings, CPA’s and undertake analysis related work. Understand multi agency information sharing in the interest of public protection and MAPPA procedures. See JD for full duties ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Able to demonstrate applied knowledge of: - Mental Health Act - Mental disorder - Safeguarding Adults - Child Safeguarding - Code of conduct - Knowledge of a range of interventions appropriate to the needs of service users - Understanding of MHA and governance ### Experience **Essential** - Post registration experience of working with service users with complex mental health needs. - Post registration experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting **Desirable** - Post registration In-patient experience working within a Low Secure Service - Experience of working in a forensic setting. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent communication skills with service users, carers, colleagues and other professionals - Sound analytical skills particularly in risk management - Able to plan and deliver packages of care - Excellent IT skills - Negotiating and motivational skills - Good organisational skills - an ability to manage time, prioritise work and meet deadlines - Able to work as part of a team including multi-disciplinary working with adults, carers and other professionals - A passion for promoting the rights and entitlements for those who face discrimination as a result of a mental ill health - Able to perform duties working in a stressful environment and engage sensitively with patients, service users, carers and relatives who have high levels of distress, anxiety and aggression. ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Social Work Qualification MSW DSW CQSW - Ensuring current registration with the Professional Social Work regulatory body at all times. - Further qualification in Family Interventions. **Desirable** - Further qualification in Family Interventions. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 109.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10631371) - [person specification (pdf, 105.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10631372) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.