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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

About

We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.

Contact

Address: Swandean; Arundel Road; Worthing; West Sussex; BN13 3EP
Contact Number: 01903 843000

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Ref: 354-AC-21014 Vacancy ID: 6431903

Professional Lead for Social Work

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Location

Site: Portland House
Town: Worthing
Postcode: BN11 1HS
Major / Minor Region: West Sussex

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: Mental Health

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To independently prescribe care and make decisions about the direction and type of care the service user receives.

• To work autonomously, within professional and Trust guidelines and to exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of professional practice of social workers, trainee social workers and, where appropriate, other staff and to ensure that appropriate training, consultation and supervision structures are in place and consistent with national and Trust guidelines.

• To work directly with multi-professional teams to assist in the management of risk, facilitation of complex case reviews and the immediate crisis management.

• Provide expert care group social work opinion and advice within other areas of the trust.

• To propose and lead on policy and service changes that impact both on the service area and throughout the Trust.

• To develop a range and diversity of highly specialist programmes of care and therapeutic services available within the care group, ensuring appropriate changes take place and to lead the change process to enhance service user care and to ensure sound governance.

• Provide expert clinical supervision and mentoring for staff working within the care group through formal clinical supervision, supervised clinical practice, case conferences and skills modelling. To oversee the professional supervision structure to all social work staff to ensure they are receiving sufficient supervision to meet their needs and to provide the service with governance.

• Establish and maintain standards, guidelines and protocols that advance social work and multi-professional practice and promote and implement these within the care group and influence the implementation in other services.

• To establish and develop proactive and positive relationships with professional leads across care groups and clinical teams.

• To provide expert mental health social work advice within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and with other agencies as appropriate including Social services, Primary Care Trusts, User/ Carer representative groups and voluntary agencies.

• To influence social work at a Trust wide level, leading on major developmental projects that impact Trust wide.

• To lead the Social Work profession across the Division, developing clinical initiatives and strategic plans for Social work in conjunction with the Triumvirate and the Director of Social Work, providing clinical leadership and expert opinion to the directorate.

• To work jointly with Team Managers and the Divisions Professional Leads with regard to the recruitment and retention of clinicians and other staff as appropriate in the designated area.

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

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.