Social Worker L1 (Health & Adults Service)

Join our forward-thinking approach

Strength in people. Strength in communities. Strength in diversity.

Level 1 Social Workers

Intensive Care Management For Psychosis (ICMP)- 35 hours per week

Older Adults Community

Mental Health – 35 hours per week

Passionate about delivering high-quality, Adult Mental Health services?

Want to work in an innovative learning organisation?

Looking to develop your experience in community mental health and gain an AMHP qualification?

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your career.

At Royal Greenwich, we support our Social Workers to ensure they have the resources and environment they need to make a real difference. We are keen to appoint enthusiastic Social Workers who share our vision in the development of a centre of excellence. Opportunities are available in:

Greenwich ICMP Team
Greenwich Older Adults Community Mental Health Team
ICMP Team

ICMP teams offer a service to individuals presenting with complex needs, including Psychosis or Bi-polar disorder, that require secondary mental health care.  The pathway provides a range of focused support and interventions to working age adults aged 18 to 65. Referrals to ICMP may come from the Greenwich Community Mental Health Teams, inpatient wards, crisis teams, forensic services or as a result of out of area transfers.

Older Adults Community Mental Health Team

The Greenwich Older Adults Mental Health team is a specialist integrated multidisciplinary team for adults over the age of 65 experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties or have a dementia diagnosis.  The team provides health and social care assessments, support and advice for carers and a variety of interventions to maximise independent living, and to promote mental wellbeing

The team provide support through care coordination and a programme of short-term psychological groups directed to older people assessed for the service.  All professionals work collaboratively with the inpatient unit, crisis, and assessment team, to assess the support that the individual needs in the community, to contribute to the multi-agency panel to consider those who may need a package of care and to discuss safe discharge from hospital.

What we look for:

All social workers will be expected to be able to manage a caseload and to work co-productively with service users their families and carers to ensure that a strength based, person centred approach remains at the core of all interventions.

To be part of a multidisciplinary team that consists of social workers, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, support workers, lived experienced practitioners, community psychiatric nurses and administrative support.

To work with individuals, carers, and families to deliver a range of assessment and care interventions that promote mental health wellbeing and personalised outcomes for people, whilst promoting independence.   You will be expected to undertake statutory functions of the social work role (Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983 (2007), Children Act 1989 (2004) and other related legislation), and respond to requests for those who present with care and support needs:

social care assessments
carers assessments
court of protection
safeguarding concerns and enquiries
mental capacity assessments
mental health assessments
All social workers must be willing to train and to undertake the role of an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and to act on behalf of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, dependant on the needs of the service.

To support you in your role you will receive:

1 to 1 reflective professional supervision
Access to Social Work Forums, for peer group discussion & supervision
A welcome meeting with the Head of Social Care and Mental Health Lead Social Worker to begin to discuss and plan for your continued professional development pathway
Access to protected time to undertake the requirements for your Social Work England registration
Opportunity to be involved in the practice education of student social workers undertaking professional training
Access to the Royal Borough of Greenwich learning portal, training programmes and reflective workshops
Introduction, support and mentoring on the Greenwich AMHP pathway towards professional training and AMHP practice.
For these roles you must hold:

A registered professional social work qualification
Registration with Social Work England
This role will require an Enhanced DBS check
If you want to be part of this forward-thinking service and can help us to achieve our vision, please apply now.

This advert must be read in conjunction with the Job Description and Job Specification.