Inpatient Social Worker - Oxford Oxford, England
Job description
Are you looking for the opportunity to work within a lively and fast-paced team in Oxford? Do you want to expand your knowledge and experience of working within mental health services? If so, we have the job opening you're looking for within the Inpatient Social Work Team based at the Warneford Hospital
You will work within a designated inpatient area, in a small team of mental health social workers, supporting the adult inpatient wards within that area.
You will be part of a supportive and experienced social care team working from the Warneford hospital; ensuring that service users admitted to a psychiatric ward have timely discharge plans in place from the point of admission.
You will identify any barriers to discharge at the earliest possible stage of the admission through working collaboratively with the service user and Adult Mental Health Team to address these barriers and reduce delays in timely discharge, following the well being principal.
Flexibility available.
Our team offers a supportive learning environment and wealth of training opportunities to enhance your continuous professional development and future career. Here at Oxford Health, staff wellbeing is our priority and we will work with you to help you realise your full potential. This role would ideally suit an experienced Band 6 Practitioner but we invite Social Workers from all disciplines to apply. So, if you're looking for a change and are up for a challenge, we look forward to receiving your application.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- The post holder will ensure that service users and carers have an assessment under the Care Act 2014 and will support the provision of services to meet identified eligible needs.
- The post holder will provide expertise for inpatient staff with regards to Adult and Children’s Safeguarding responsibilities.
- The post holder will provide expertise with regards to application of the Mental Capacity Act.
- The post holder will demonstrate the skills to maintain their Social Work professional identity when working within an inpatient environment.
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
