Forensic Inpatient Social Worker - Oxford

at  Oxford Health NHS Trust

To contribute to pre-admission assessments of patients referred to the Service. This will include ascertaining Local Authority section 117 responsibility, and where applicable, identifying any family, carer, or child protection issues, as well as any other relevant agencies involved. Following admission, to identify social care issues and ensure there is ongoing liaison with relevant agencies , so that any issues regarding property and tenancy are dealt with at an early stage. To have a working knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act and to contribute to assessments of needs under the Care Act 2014 and Section 117 Aftercare needs, working with Responsible Local Authority and ICB partners to ensure arrangements are made for effective discharge planning.
To function effectively across a variety of environments (e.g. wards of varying levels of security, service users homes, inter-agency settings, etc.) including contributing to home risk assessments. To work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to assert the social perspective and assess, plan, and implement patient-centred programmes of care/interventions within the Care Programme Approach, contributing to the continuous assessment of patients to help meet their needs. This includes working in partnership with service users to assess progress against identified goals.
To maintain contact with families and carers where appropriate, to identify needs including referring for Carers Assessments when required. To compile both non-statutory and statutory reports including CPA Reports, Social History and Needs Reports, Social Circumstances Reports for Mental Health Tribunals and Mental Health Act Hospital Managers Hearings, and present at the Hearings, and meetings. To lead on Safeguarding issues, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) referrals and to attend MAPPA meetings where required to present cases and discuss patients

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