Social Worker / Occupational Therapist (Mental Health Team) job with Essex County Council

Social Worker / Occupational Therapist (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Permanent, Full Time

From £34,712 to £46,751 per annum

Location: Countywide

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 4th June 2023

The Opportunity ECC Adult Social Care, through effective practice, is moving towards a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles: – prevention; early intervention; enablement and safeguarding. This will enable people, their families, and carers to access information and tools, live healthily and independently and for our function an opportunity to respond pro-actively to growing service demand in a sustainable way, within the financial constraints of the Council. Social workers manage a caseload, including assessment of risk and purposeful intervention through direct work, commissioned services, and review. Quality assuring interventions and balancing need with finance. Joining the Mental Health Wellbeing team at Essex means you will be working in a supportive and innovative environment enabling you to develop your own ideas to make meaningful changes to the adults lives. Working with community groups, partners, family and carers you will ensure you advocate for people with Mental Health difficulties. This role enables you to build meaningful relationships with our service users and make a difference in their lives. You will be working directly to improve the mental wellbeing of the residents of Essex through co-produced support plans and direct work skills. Educated to degree level with current registration and the ability to demonstrate practice in accordance with professional standards. Experience of developing strong working relationships with partners, other agencies, and the voluntary sector to deliver improved outcomes. Accountabilities Assess complex social care needs and provide support to vulnerable adults, which enable them to live healthily and independently.
Develop support plans that gain commitment to solutions that drive the care required for everyone’s needs.
Accountable for working within the statutory legal framework, policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory intervention has been reached
Work collaboratively building effective relationships with internal and external partnerships and stakeholders, and the voluntary sector to assist children and vulnerable people in gaining support for inclusivity from within the community.
Accountable for conducting assessments and plan responses to safeguard a child or vulnerable adult include intervention as required.
Develop a client centric approach which enables early intervention and prevention and increases independence.
Pro-actively influences in a range of planning, decision making and case discussions inter-agency.
Work with families, communities, and individuals to help people age well supporting the Council’s wider strategic aims.
Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
The Experience You Will Bring Educated to degree level i.e., Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent. Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a registered social worker
Evidence of continuing professional development and demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards e.g., professional capability framework, knowledge, and skills statement.
Experience within a social care setting with evidence of challenging social and family situations.
Strong communication skills and an ability to develop a rapport and engage with diverse groups of individuals.
Developing strong relationships with partners, other agencies, and the local community to achieve joint objectives and offer a supportive framework for children and vulnerable adults.
Understand the financial implications of care packages commissioned
Evidence of clear decision making to highlight and limit the potential risks associated with intervention.
To read more about us please visit: Adult Social Care The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.What you should do nextIf you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community here. If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email [email protected] us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Further details can be found on our careers page.DownloadsPay and Reward Our Ways of Working About Us Organisation Behaviours