The post holder will provide consultancy on issues relating to the social care needs of forensic clients of the Community Forensic Learning Disability Service (CFLDS), providing skilled advice and guidance to staff both for the CFLDS and in the wider social care community within the requirements of legislation.
Job Title: Social Worker
Job type: Full-time
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
Deadline: The closing date is 31 August 2025
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Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide skilled social work service to people who have a Learning Disability.
- Work in partnership with service users and carers to assess and identify their needs.
- Contribute to the development of future service initiatives.
- Assist in the assessment of suitable placements.
- Contribute to MDTs with members to develop care plans in line with risk assessments and needs.
- Assist in co-ordination of care in the with other professionals in forensic services.
- To produce reports to reflect needs of individual service users and issues of risk.
- Engage with service users, families and carers to ensure they are aware of rights.
- Work in partnership to meet social care needs which arise out of offending behaviour.
- Utilise the Electronic Patient Record for inputting data.
- Take a role in promoting anti-discriminatory practice holistically within contemporary society and policies.
- Ensure that service users have access to advocacy.
- Take a role in Advocacy for the specialist support team to ensure advocacy is reflected throughout practice.
- To ensure safeguarding children and vulnerable adults policies and procedures are in place within the SST.
- Ensure implementation of MAPPA, Victim Liaison Services, and Domestic Violence and the National Probation policies.
- Link and maintain contact with statutory and third sector agencies to inform assessments.
- Participate in various MDT groups to contribute to service development.
- Contribute to research and training to other professionals.
Eligibility Requirements
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Social Work or DipSW or CQSW
- Current Social Work England registration
- Post-qualifying training (formally or work based) in relevant areas of social work and/or mental health, learning disability or forensics
- Evidence of significant continuing professional and personal development
Desirable
- Qualifications relating to the Mental Capacity Act, e.g., Best Interest Assessor
- Practice Educator qualification 1 & 2 (PEPS)
- Approved Mental Health Professional Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Legislative Framework
- Health Act. 1999, National Service Frameworks, Mental Capacity Act (2006), Mental Health Act 2007
- Underpinning Knowledge and Understanding
- Requirements of relevant legislation, Childcare legislation and criminal justice system, Care Programme Approach, Social work models in forensic work, Drugs, alcohol and substance misuse, Interaction between learning disabilities and offending behaviour within a family and social context
- National and local policies
- Models of risk assessment and risk factors and management, Financing of community care
- Housing and welfare provision, roles, responsibilities of other agencies, Learning from enquiries’ reports, Role of Mental Health Review Tribunals, Victims.
- Theoretical models of forensic social work/forensic psychiatry/forensic psychology
- Significant Post Qualification experience
Desirable
- Putting People First (DH 2006)
- New Horizons (DH 2009)
- Revised NHS Operating Framework 2010/11 (June 2010)
- Transforming Care
- Forensic Mental Health
- Approved Social Work
- Multi-Disciplinary Work
- Offence related work
- Group work
- Mental Health Social Work
- (Community Mental Health Team), Continuing Care Team, Hospital Social Work Team, Emergency Duty Team, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Team, Probation Service)
- Appropriate adult
Skills
Essential
- A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting
- Ability to apply social work practice in the framework of a nonmedical model
- Complex Risk Assessment & Complex Risk Management skills
- Recording and preparing assessment and Mental Health Review Tribunal reports
- Ability to travel nationally at short notice to complete assessments and visit families
- To be able to practice as an autonomous professional
Desirable
- Offence related work
- Victim work.
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