Are you an experienced Social Worker seeking promotion?
Do you want to work for an outstanding Trust?
We are recruiting a Band 7 Senior Social Worker into the Adult Community Mental Health Service in St Albans, North West Hertfordshire.
For an informal chat, please contact Ben Roderick on 07825928685
You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Job Title: Senior Social Worker
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £50,008 – £56,908 per annum, pro rata inclusive of 5% HCAS (min £1,303 max £2,198)
Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Deadline: 29/09/2025 23:59
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- promote and lead the social care agenda, acting in accordance with the principles of personalisation, working to promote wellbeing, and enabling individual’s rights to choice and control
- carry out complex assessments of need, plan and deliver services and review outcomes with the individual, their personal support networks and support providers
- ensure practice within the team is responsive, inclusive and community based with a clear focus on outcomes and bring your professional expertise to your work with complex cases
- supervise the social care staff within the team and support the wider team with social care
- manage the provision of assessments under the Care Act 2014 and the reviews of packages of care
- work collaboratively with community partners to ensure individuals and families are supported and their needs are met
- act as a champion and leader of social care within the locality/quadrant
- be a warranted AMHP (desirable)
- be professionally registered.
In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK’s best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- environments
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice
PHYSICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments Experience of using computer – PC
- literate to ECDL standard
- Able to travel between bases and offices, as required, using suitable mode of transport.
PHYSICAL EFFORT
Essential criteria
- Ability to meet timescales and respond to crises and appropriate
MENTAL EFFORT
Essential criteria
- Flexibility and ability to respond to a variety of tasks, and to prioritise own workload
- Ability to manage others and convey information which may be contentious sensitively so that it achieves required improvements and outcomes
EMOTIONAL EFFORT
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal with distressing and sometimes aggressive behaviour of service users, carers and colleagues
GENERAL
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment
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