Job overview

The service is designed to provide an integrated model of social care that promotes a positive experience for service users and carers across the whole service.

LPFT have a Section 75 agreement under the National Health Service Act (2006) where Lincolnshire County Council have devolved their assessment and care management duties to LPFT. Social work in the Trust is delivered through a Community Social Care Resource where social care staff are aligned to the integrated community teams but are managed and supervised from within the social care resource. Three distinct Social Work teams exist covering the East, West and South of the county respectively. Each team has a Team Manager and mangers are expected to work closely in order to provide a consistent service across the county.

This post of Social Worker is a key role in the Trust’s Community Social Care Resource providing assessment and care management duties under the care act, supervising qualified and unqualified staff, playing a role in community capacity building and supporting the Manager within the team.

This is a permanent post, supporting others within the team as well as the Senior Social Worker and Team Manager. You will carry out direct work with service users and colleagues within other teams within the Trust; promoting multi disciplinary working. The base is flexible within the East area.

The post is full time 37.5 hours per week and this role is suitable for Newly Qualified Social Workers(Band 5 and 6's)

Main duties of the job

Care Act Assessments

Care Act Reviews

Completion of support planning

Mental Capacity Assessments

Undertaking duty responsibilities

Multi agency working within the wider Trust and outside agencies

Following safeguarding principles 

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.