About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
The Role:
The Mental Health Reablement Team works with adults with a primary need of mental health for up to 10 weeks to help prevent, reduce and delay needs under the Care Act 2014. The MH Reablement Team are looking for an experienced social worker to work in a strengths-based, rehabilitative approach in order to support adults to become as independent as possible.
As part of the MH Reablement Team the successful candidate will meet regularly with service users at home, in our office and in the community, and will support them to achieve their identified goals. This might include accessing community resources, collaborating with a wider network of professionals, or liaising with family and wider social networks to ensure the service user has the appropriate level of support.
Key duties will include assessment and provision of support under the Care Act 2014, including adult safeguarding; arranging and commissioning packages of care; assessing mental capacity where relevant; and triaging referrals as part of a duty rota. There is also the opportunity to develop skills in specialist areas, and to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional and engage as part of the AMHP rota once suitable experience has been attained.
About You:
You will have a sound understanding of reablement and rehabilitative approaches and have post-qualification experience of working with adults under the Care Act 2014, ideally within a mental health setting. You will be a strengths-based, anti-oppressive practitioner with excellent knowledge of social work models and theories that you will be able to apply to your work. You will have strong administrative and organizational skills and be able to work alongside a wide variety of professionals.
Additional details
Relevant social work qualification and up to date registration with SWE required.
Working hours 36 hours per week, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday
Full Time Contract
DBS required
This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) DBS check at Enhanced level.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 15/12/24
Interview date: 06/01/2025
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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