Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-AE-21210
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Millwood
- Town
- Uckfield
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Mental Health Social Worker
NHS AfC: Band 6
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you ready to step into a pivotal role in adult community mental health services?
We are looking for a qualified Social Worker to join our dynamic Multi-disciplinary team based based at the Millwood Unit in Uckfield which sits in beautiful countryside area near Ashdown Forest. It has a train link to central London and good road links to Brighton, Eastbourne and South Coast.
Millwood is a lively community Assessment and Treatment Service that offers a wide range of evidence-based treatments for people with severe and enduring mental health problems
This opportunity is open to experienced Social Workers (who will be paid at Band 6) and to newly qualified Social Workers (who will be offered a Band 5 to 6 development post where progression is subject to successful completion of the ASYE programme and Trust Appraisal process)
Main duties of the job
As a mental health social worker in the service in our service you will be focussed on improving the lives of the people who use our service users, working creatively with them and their carers to co-create care and safety plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. The key to successful outcomes often hinges on building effective partnerships with GPs, statutory agencies and third sector providers and this wider systemic work is where our social workers can really make the difference.
We work with highly vulnerable people and we need the expertise of social workers to help us understand and help mitigate risks of abuse.
Working for our organisation
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a Social Worker in our team we can offer you:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To be Lead Practitioner and coordinate care for caseload of the most complex/ high risk patients
2. To undertake initial assessments of individuals and their families
3. To complete risk assessments, create and review care plans
4. To contribute to risk management and safety planning
5. To contribute to the Duty system
6. To support other clinical activities
7. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
8. To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
To provide expertise to the MDT regarding child and adult safeguarding
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Social Work Qualification MSW DSW CQSW
- Registered to practice with GSCC
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post qualification experience
- Significant mental health experience
- Knowledge MHA Part 2 & 3
- Excellent assessment skills including risk assessment
- Proven ability to devise and deliver discharge planning
- Previous experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
- Sound knowledge of Safeguarding Adults and Children
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Hellyer
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07471034300
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