Job overview
Join our multidisciplinary team at Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital providing vital mental health rehabilitation to children and young people aged 13 up until their 18th birthday. You'll deliver expert social work interventions to support young people with complex needs, enabling them to live independently.
The team works in close partnership with Children's Social Care to ensure each young person has the necessary resources available to enable them to engage in their rehab journey.
As a Senior Social Worker you will collaborate with OT's, Psychologists, Nurses and Doctors.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Social Worker, you will provide a high standard of support and care delivery with regards to social work needs to those service users whose ability to cope with the tasks of living are threatened or impaired by mental health issues, emotional, psychological and social problems.
You will work closely with other agencies, parents/families and individuals to support service users with a clear focus on recovery, social inclusion and social justice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
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This advert is for Senior Social Worker with Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust in Maidstone, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (This will be a 1 year fixed contract from the date of employment.). The application deadline is 15 Jun 2026.
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