# Senior Social Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-social-worker/e220529b-669f-4aa2-bdfb-ff3605d2c3c1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-social-worker/e220529b-669f-4aa2-bdfb-ff3605d2c3c1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Hatfield - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (5% HCAS Included) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T09:03:30.040Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Hemel_Hempstead/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_MH_Health/Adult_MH_Health-v8060622 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8060622?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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 ## 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 ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 528.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10390437) - [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083) - [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165) - [guidance on ai usage in job applications (pdf, 55.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2305) ## 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.