Social Worker

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The service is designed to provide an integrated model of social care that promotes a positive
experience for service users and carers across the whole service. LPFT have a Section 75 agreement under the National Health Service Act (2006) where Lincolnshire County Council have devolved their assessment and care management duties to LPFT. Social work in the Trust is delivered through a Community Social Care Resource where social care staff are aligned to the integrated community teams but are managed and supervised from within the social care resource. Three distinct Social Work teams exist covering the East, West and South of the county respectively. Each team has a Team Manager and managers are expected to work closely in order to provide a consistent service across the county.
As a service we hold quarterly social work development days to assist with continued professional development.
Peer supervision groups meet on a regular basis and one to one regular social work led management supervision will be provided
As a social worker you will develop your core skills towards becoming a more competent practitioner within a specialist service through the guidance of the National and Local competency frameworks
To participate in and provide management, leadership and supervision for more junior staff
To contribute positively to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team work
Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care.
To engage with service users and their families/carers, developing therapeutic relationships, and providing evidence-based, psychosocial interventions in a variety of settings’
Promote service user and carer involvement; ensuring choices are embedded into the philosophy of care.
Empower people to identify and address specific needs in relation to their health and well being
Ensure social work perspectives and values are supported and represented within the multidisciplinary approach.
Keep up to date with current practices and issues in Mental Health and Social Work.
Assess complex health and well being needs, develop, monitor and review care and support plans to meet specific needs.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
Organise own time and prioritise service user care in accordance with need
Work independently but with regular support as appropriate from the team extending to the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Promote and maintain effective verbal and non verbal communication with individuals and their families/carers, utilising creative engagement techniques, and taking into account developmental stage and cultural differences.
Undertake initial and ongoing risk assessments, utilising standardized tools, in order to develop accurat
To work effectively and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team through establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with team members.
To display effective, appropriate verbal, non verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present information, provide training and educational materials, and formal reports as required, whilst adhering to Trust policy. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust policy, and input data into information systems within agreed time scales, in accordance with data protection, Freedom of Information Act 1999, and other relevant Trust policies.
Establish and maintain links with a variety of statutory and non-statutory providers, including the formation of multi-agency forums
Requires keyboard skills for inputting into various systems.
Requires the ability to be independently mobile and able to travel across South Lincolnshire in a timely manner

Please refer the Job description for details