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About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
We Care
We Learn
We Empower
Our strategic objectives
We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated senior social worker to join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) as we invest in the development of social workers and play a lead role in the 'Think Ahead' initiative. EPUT is a highly successful and ambitious organisation dedicated to providing mental health services, substance misuse services, and other specialist award-winning services to a population of approximately 2.5 million throughout Essex, Bedfordshire, and Suffolk.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and resourceful senior social worker who will have the ability to respond positively and creatively to the needs of our service users.
If you would like more information please contact
recruitment.adverts@nhs.net Main duties of the job You will work as part of the Uttlesford Community Mental Health team in West Essex. Our post requires a peripatetic practitioner with a high degree of flexibility and creativity and a positive, forward-thinking attitude. You must be an excellent communicator, dynamic, well-versed, and assertive in multi-disciplinary working and developing and maintaining relationships with key partners. In return, we offer you support from our established Social Care Leadership Team, supervision, training, and development opportunities. Working for our organisation EPUT is looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including; • Season Ticket Loans • NHS discounts for staff • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work • Day One Flexible Employer Detailed job description and main responsibilities Responsibilities The successful candidate will work as a Senior Social Worker across the community mental health teams providing high quality assessment and intervention to service users experiencing a wide range of mental health problems, promoting recovery and independence, using Mental Health Care clusters to identify appropriate pathways and treatment plans with service users. You will support the delivery of strength and asset-based approaches promoting recovery and social inclusion with individuals and families. This post will involve implementing the personalisation agenda through strengths-based assessments, and you'll be vital to delivering the statutory social care duties and responsibilities within the Care Act (2014). You will be adept at delivering personalised reviews ensuring that s117 needs are transparent within care planning and duly reviewed. Following appointment, the postholder is required to actively practice as an AMHP (subject to AMHP qualification) - if not currently an AMHP they will be required to undertake AMHP training at the earliest opportunity on the Area AMHP rota, undertaking MHA assessments and other allocated work in relation to service users with a range of mental health problems and engaging with their carers so that, within the legislations, appropriate action is taken. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria
Social Worker qualification AMHP Essential criteria
AMHP qualification Experience Essential criteria
Community MH experience Equal Opportunities Employer Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. Covid Vaccination Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
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recruitment.adverts@nhs.net Main duties of the job You will work as part of the Uttlesford Community Mental Health team in West Essex. Our post requires a peripatetic practitioner with a high degree of flexibility and creativity and a positive, forward-thinking attitude. You must be an excellent communicator, dynamic, well-versed, and assertive in multi-disciplinary working and developing and maintaining relationships with key partners. In return, we offer you support from our established Social Care Leadership Team, supervision, training, and development opportunities. Working for our organisation EPUT is looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including; • Season Ticket Loans • NHS discounts for staff • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work • Day One Flexible Employer Detailed job description and main responsibilities Responsibilities The successful candidate will work as a Senior Social Worker across the community mental health teams providing high quality assessment and intervention to service users experiencing a wide range of mental health problems, promoting recovery and independence, using Mental Health Care clusters to identify appropriate pathways and treatment plans with service users. You will support the delivery of strength and asset-based approaches promoting recovery and social inclusion with individuals and families. This post will involve implementing the personalisation agenda through strengths-based assessments, and you'll be vital to delivering the statutory social care duties and responsibilities within the Care Act (2014). You will be adept at delivering personalised reviews ensuring that s117 needs are transparent within care planning and duly reviewed. Following appointment, the postholder is required to actively practice as an AMHP (subject to AMHP qualification) - if not currently an AMHP they will be required to undertake AMHP training at the earliest opportunity on the Area AMHP rota, undertaking MHA assessments and other allocated work in relation to service users with a range of mental health problems and engaging with their carers so that, within the legislations, appropriate action is taken. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria
Social Worker qualification AMHP Essential criteria
AMHP qualification Experience Essential criteria
Community MH experience Equal Opportunities Employer Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. Covid Vaccination Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
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