Job requirements
Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Ability
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Skills and Ability
Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills and Ability
Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Skills and Ability
Demonstrate good verbal presentation skills
- Skills and Ability
Ability to chair meetings effectively
- Skills and Ability
Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families.
- Skills and Ability
Positive problem-solving approach
- Skills and Ability
Effective Time management
- Experience and Knowledge
Post qualification experience in a CYPMHS team or related area, or several years’ experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
- Experience and Knowledge
Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches especially in relation to trauma and attachment
- Experience and Knowledge
Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship/practice education and staff support methods and teaching and training
- Experience and Knowledge
Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
- Experience and Knowledge
Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Experience and Knowledge
Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions.
- Experience and Knowledge
Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children and adolescents.
- Qualifications, Knowledge and Training
Qualification in one of the following and current full professional registration as relevant to the specific profession
- Qualifications, Knowledge and Training
Social work with valid Social Work England registration.
- Qualifications, Knowledge and Training
Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
- Qualifications, Knowledge and Training
Evidence of CPD
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.
Job overview
CYPMHS South Hertfordshire is seeking to recruit a highly skilled and motivated Children and Young People's Social Worker with an appropriate professional qualification and relevant experience to join our multidisciplinary team. This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) offered on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality care and will make a significant contribution to the clinical and social work provision within the team. The post holder will actively participate in referral screening and allocation processes, undertake comprehensive assessments, provide evidence-based interventions, coordinate care, manage risk, and promote the safeguarding of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. The role also includes contributing to multidisciplinary case discussions and service development activities. In addition, the post holder will provide consultation, advice, and supervision to colleagues, students, and professionals within partner agencies and services.
Main duties of the job
- To develop and deliver highly specialist, evidence-based interventions for children, young people, and their families, drawing upon a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment approaches.
- To provide timely, accessible, and person-centred services through both clinic-based and community outreach models.
- To offer highly specialist advice, consultation, and formulation-based guidance to colleagues and partner agencies, working autonomously within professional and organisational guidelines.
- To care coordinate a caseload of service users, undertaking highly specialist assessments and delivering integrated packages of care.
- To contribute to the continued development of social work practice within the service, including the provision of supervision to social work colleagues and professionals from other disciplines.
- To actively participate in clinical supervision, appraisal processes, and continuing professional development activities to maintain and enhance professional competence.
- To chair and attend multidisciplinary team meetings and provide appropriate clinical and professional input to decision-making processes.
- To work collaboratively with colleagues across HPFT and partner organisations, providing specialist social work consultation to support the early identification, assessment, and management of mental health difficulties, neurodevelopmental conditions, and associated risks.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will take responsibility for making a significant contribution to the clinical social work provision within CYPMHS South Hertfordshire. This will include active participation in referral processes, assessment, treatment planning and delivery, risk management, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, care coordination, and contributing to multidisciplinary case discussions and service-related meetings.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide consultation and advice to colleagues, students, and professionals working across partner services. They will support the ongoing development of social work practice within the team and contribute to service improvement initiatives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care that meets the needs of children, young people, and their families.
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.
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This advert is for Social Worker with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Radlett, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Social worker role. The advertised salary is £41,957 - £50,387 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Sep 2026.
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