If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact by bridging mental health and social care and want to work in a forward-thinking, integrated team, then this could be the opportunity for you. Join Gateway Recovery Centre as an Integrated Nursing and Social Work Practitioner.

In this unique position, you’ll deliver high-quality, person-centred care through a combination of clinical nursing and social work approaches. From discharge planning and safeguarding to care coordination and family liaison, this role plays a vital part in supporting service users through recovery. You’ll work closely with a dedicated multidisciplinary team, external agencies, and families to ensure safe, effective care that respects each individual’s needs and rights.

Your career at Elysium will be rewarding and fulfilled, where you can take pride in knowing that you’ve made a difference. While you’re caring for service users, improving their lives and looking out for your colleagues, we’ll be looking after you. With Wellbeing support and activities to support your Mental Health, a range of benefits that can save you money and make a difference, and development to nurture your career.

As the Integrated Nursing and Social Work Practitioner you will:

• Provide specialist input across nursing and social work areas such as safeguarding, discharge planning, housing and care coordination.
• Support holistic assessments and contributing to person-centred care and risk management plans.
• Liaise with families and external agencies to support care continuity and statutory responsibilities.
• Promote ethical and accountable practice in line with NMC and Social Work professional standards.
• Contribute to safeguarding adults and children, including taking a lead role where appropriate.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team discussions to influence care planning from both clinical and social perspectives.
• Support quality assurance, governance processes and compliance with relevant legislation and policy.
• Deliver and receiving supervision, engaging in professional development, and supporting team learning.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Appropriate dual qualification in RMN and Social Work
• Evidence of other development and/or training which indicates a commitment to continuous development and preparation for management.

Where you will be working:

Location: Bennett’s Lane, Widnes, Warrington, WA8 0GT

You will be working at the Gateway Recovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility which provides care for men and women with complex mental health requirements.

The hospital is split into four distinct areas:

• Male Autism Service for the challenging and complex needs of adults with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome
• Assessment and rehabilitation for women with complex mental health needs and personality difficulties
• Specialist inpatient service for older men with complex mental health and physical health needs.
• Low secure care setting for men with a mental illness with or without personality disorder/mild LD

You will be working alongside the team with the aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of service users and to help them develop and maintain healthy relationships with others. Gateway Recovery Centre will work to reduce risk behaviours associated with mental health conditions so that our patients can ultimately live successful and fulfilling lives within the community.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £32448 – £34983 DoE
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• 24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.