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Salary: NJC Grade 8 £28,371 to £31,099 per annum
Working Pattern: Full-time, Mon - Fri, 9am-6pm (37 hours per week)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: County Hall North, Horsham – with hybrid working
Interview Date: Tuesday 29 August 2023

Are you looking for a role where you can really make a different to adults’ struggling with their mental health? Have you worked in Social care/Health care and understand the complex challenges involved with mental health? We have an exciting opportunity within the community working age mental health social work team, this could be the opportunity for you to really make that difference…so read on to find out more!

As a Mental Health Prevention & Wellbeing Officer:

• You will have a distinctive contribution to make to the current challenges faced in mental health services.
• You will need to fully understand and implement a strength-based approach that will ensure that all customers are supported in this manner. This approach would be applied in all elements of social care including assessment, planning, implementing, and review of customer’s care.
• You will need to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of The Mental Capacity Act and how to apply it to social care, while ensuring WSCC safeguarding procedures are followed.
• You will be working with social workers closely across services, both internally within Adult Social Care, and externally with our partner organisations such as Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust and other third sector agencies. To do this you will need the ability to maintain and build on relationships with several agencies to ensure effective support is provided to customers using mental health services.
• You will be working with customers who need short, intensive support that will enable them to live meaningful and independent lives. You will be supporting customers in the community and those being discharged from hospitals and these customers may be in crisis so you will require the ability to work under pressure.

Key Skills:

Ability to develop and deliver innovative solutions for individuals, to ensure they can engage with community assets and minimise the need for long-term formal support.

A passion for enabling people to live independent and meaningful lives that meet their personal aspirations.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a range of stakeholders to provide clear advice and guidance.

Ability to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, and to know when to seek appropriate support, advice and supervision.

Ability to develop relationships within a multi-agency working environment that has contributed to improvements to individuals and or services.

Qualifications and/or experience:

GSCE English and Maths, or equivalent qualification/experience demonstrating that level of literacy and numeracy.

Experience of working within adult social care, or a care provider or health provider, with experience of working with individuals who have complex mental disorder.

Up to date knowledge and experience of safeguarding, assessment and review processes, policies, and legislation.

Working knowledge of financial eligibility for statutory services and benefits.

Knowledge of a variety of associated legislation, for example Care Act, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Act.

Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency setting.

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a brilliant opportunity you will receive:

• A competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• A generous pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• Flexible working
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (Including: Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more)
• Free access to employee assistance programmes
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres
• A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04638.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Paula Gunn at [email protected]. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected].

To apply, upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to a DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran’s Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

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