social worker Birmingham, England
Job description
Job title: Support Worker
Location: Apna House,6 Park Avenue
Hockley
Birmingham
West Midlands, B18 5NE
Rate Of Pay: £10.42
Shift Patterns: 36hrs per week available, permanent , days or nights
Information about the Role:
- Ensure that all care, assessment, and treatment is delivered within the clinical ethos of the unit.
- Be responsible for maintaining positive links with patient’s family, friends, and external services such as care co-ordinators, Care commissioning groups and third sector services such as MIND charity.
- Be responsible for ensuring the highest standard of clinical practice is achieved and that the social care delivered to patients is of a consistently high standard.
- Work closely with other professional staff ensuring a consistent pattern of care for each individual patient.
- Establish and maintain high standards of professional practice and levels of care.
- Help to ensure that the admission, leave and discharge of patients is appropriately and sensitively organised and achieved with the minimal amount of disruption to the patient.
Information about the Service:
Apna house is part of a group of homes that benefit from the support of a comprehensive multi disciplinary team. This arrangement provides support and supervision in the delivery of care allowing for a clinical perspective to be considered when challenges or complications in care delivery are encountered.
Necessary Experience or Qualifications:
Essential Requirements
- Meet the standards set out in the Social Work England Professional Standards
- Have working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983,
- Be a registered Social Worker under Social Work England
- An awareness of safeguarding guidance under the Care Act
- Previous experience with service users who have complex mental health needs
- Desirable requirements
- Have working knowledge of the benefits system and involvement with welfare rights organisations or services
- Awareness of the admission and discharges processes for patients under the Mental Health Act
- Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act.
Oakleaf Recruitment are the In-House Recruitment Team for a growing group of Services and Hospitals across the UK
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £10.42 per hour
Day range:
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
Physical setting:
- Residential home
Shift:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
Experience:
- Home care: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: support worker
