Job overview
Our welcoming and supportive Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach Service (EROS) has the opportunity to recruit into a Senior Social Worker post within the multidisciplinary team. You will be able to demonstrate skills to inspire, lead and manage staff in the delivery of the Care Act expectations for social care and safeguarding.
This a fantastic development opportunity to join an experienced group of clinicians and practitioners and develop your career with our services.
All Senior Social Workers must be registered with Social Work England.
Main duties of the job
As Senior Social Worker, you will be required to;
- Promote, lead and act in accordance with the principles of personalisation, working to promote wellbeing, and enabling individual’s rights to choice and control, in a multi disciplinary mental health team.
- Expected to give robust, consistent, and expert social care practice advice in partnership with other specialist senior social care colleagues.
- Support newly qualified social workers through the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE), acting as an ASYE assessor and engagement in the ASYE moderation process.
- Undertake duties as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) or be willing to undertake AMHP training
In return at HPFT, we will:
- Support you to develop your skills to provide robust, consistent expert social care practice advice in partnership with other specialist senior social care colleagues including the professional leads for social care in the Trust.
- Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers
- Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike - saving on tax and insurance included
- Wellbeing activities - from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our signature craft club join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Be a champion of social care with a comprehensive understanding of legislation and statutory guidance.
- Maintain regular links and attend meetings with the corporate Social Work and Safeguarding Team, and keep up to date with accurate, consistent, and robust social care, legal and practice advice, and support to locality staff.
- Undertake the most complex assessments and reviews, for people who may present with a high risk, or those with significant interpersonal, social, legal and/or environmental complexities, ensuring people are assessed appropriately against social care eligibility criteria as defined by The Care Act 2014.
- Offer direct support to service users and their carers, and to colleagues, through information and advice, to ensure that those who do not meet social care eligibility are appropriately signposted and supported.
- Care coordinate a small caseload working alongside other professionals with a mini team approach.
For more details, please see the Job Description and Person Spec
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience with demonstrable evidence of excellent practice at advanced level
- Extensive knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance, theory, and policy in relation to adult and children’s social care
- Experience of undertaking assessment focused on personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
- Understanding of and experience of use of personal budgets and direct payments
- Experience of supervising and mentoring others
- Evidence of multidisciplinary and collaborative working
- Evidence of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect, particularly in very challenging situations
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This advert is for Senior Social Worker with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Hatfield, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (5% HCAS Included). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Jun 2026.
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