Senior Practitioner - Older Adult CMHT

at  Trafford Council

SENIOR PRACTITIONER - OLDER ADULT CMHT

Location 2nd Floor, Crossgate House, Cross Street, Sale, M33 7FT
Salary Band 9, £42,708 to £45,718 per annum (SCP 33-36) plus 1% allowance for occasional BH/weekends plus Market Supplement of £996 pa.
Working Pattern Full Time, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday/occasional weekend working on a rota basis
Contract type Permanent

ABOUT US

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford.
Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviors that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We currently have an exciting vacancy for a social work senior practitioner within Trafford Mental Health Services, part of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Working in Trafford Older Adult Community Mental Team you will join our Multi-Disciplinary Team alongside Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologist, Community Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and STR workers. We are looking for an experienced social worker to provide social work leadership in the community mental health team. In this role, you will promote the significant contribution that mental health social work makes to the delivery of mental health care.
You will work closely with service users with serious and enduring mental illness, including dementia. You will have a focus on social inclusion and recovery, helping people to live as independently as possible.

The post holder will provide social work leadership in the team, maintaining close links with colleagues in Adult Social Care. You will provide clinical supervision to social workers, helping our social work staff identify opportunities to develop, and direct staff towards relevant learning resources. You will manage a limited caseload of complex cases and provide guidance in relation to the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005, and contribute to service development to ensure that social work values are fully represented and where appropriate chair meetings, particularly in relation to safeguarding enquiries. An Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) and contribution to the Borough wide rota or willingness to undertake this qualification is desirable.