Job overview

The North Staffordshire Community CAMHS Team are looking to recruit a full-time (37.5 hours per week) Band 6 Senior Social Worker.

The post holder will be accountable on a day-to-day basis to the Team leader who will monitor and review all work through regular informal and formal supervision.

The role will involve assessing and implementing a range of interventions and providing guidance/advice and information for service users with acute or increasingly complex long term conditions that could include mental health needs, learning difficulties or physical health difficulties.

The post holder will be required to be an integrated and supportive member of a team, planning, actioning, monitoring and evaluating work with the supervision of the Team Leader/experienced Social Worker.

 The post holder will act as an experienced and independent practitioner within the role, assessing, formulating, implementing and agreeing support and intervention for Service Users. The post holder will seek guidance and support as needed and/or in relation to high profile, complex and/or very high cost or challenging cases.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of assessments and interventions for Service Users within the directorate and where relevant Hospital/ Inpatient settings providing social work knowledge and expertise.  The post holder will support with requests for information, advice, guidance, with referrals, initial assessments and interventions.

The post holder will be responsible for working collaboratively with other Trust services and partner agencies to provide seamless care for service users.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.