Senior Social Worker

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit two Band 6 (2.0 wte) Senior Social Workers to join an established team within the Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (GMSST), which provides a service across Greater Manchester to service users with a learning disability and/or autism who present with risk of hospital admission, placement breakdown or forensic risk.

The service is very supportive of training opportunities to ensure that we continue to be aware of new developments which can be adapted and developed to support our service users. There are frequent opportunities to input into GM SST service development initiatives and represent the team in GM-wide projects.

You will receive regular supervision from a Highly Specialist Social Worker in the Specialist Support team and will also have access to direct and peer supervision across the Secure Division and from members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The post will be as part of the Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (SST) based in Eccles. The GM SST is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Support Workers. You will be expected to work in all areas of Greater Manchester and liaise with the local Learning Disability, Mental Health and Autism services to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support, as well as discharge support for current inpatients.

You will have the opportunity to work within a team of skilled experienced social workers who have developed a core and specialized role within the wider team. You will provide specialist knowledge of Care Act assessment, Mental Capacity Act assessment and safeguarding to support colleagues across inpatient and community services.

GMSST aim to reduce risk of unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate discharge (from acute and secure settings) at the earliest opportunity and reduce restrictive practice where possible..  We also offer advice and consultation and training to external agencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See job description and person specification for more detail.

To provide a specialist social worker role into the Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team; supporting people with a learning disability and / or autistic people who are at risk of hospital admission, placement breakdown or criminal justice system contact.