Job Description

To provide an adult mental health social work service for the eating disorder inpatient services. To work closely with the directorate safeguarding lead to provide and coordinate the delivery of adult social work provision for the service. To be an active and vital member of the multi-disciplinary teams using knowledge and skills to support colleagues in the delivery of care, assessment and treatment to patients with an eating disorder. To liaise with, advise and support a range of external and partnership agencies both voluntary and statutory. To provide adult social care and mental health expertise and legislative knowledge to the service. To deliver these services in accordance with current legislation, local authority and Trust policies and procedures. To fulfil statutory and other requirements of a local authority employed social worker as and when appropriate.

Responsibilities

• To Work In Partnership With Service Users, Families And Carers To Meet Social Care Needs Within a Range Of Highly Complex Situations That May Arise From Eating Disorders Mental Health Needs
  • To work together with the directorate Safeguarding lead to provide an effective social work service for service users, their families and carers by ensuring access to appropriate resources from local authorities and a range of external agencies on a national level.
  • To make referrals where appropriate and to provide and access advocacy, information and guidance for service users, carers and agencies.
  • To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary inpatient team exercising social work professional responsibility for providing highly specialist assessments and follow-up for service users referred with complex problems, which includes assessment of risk in terms of self-harm, self-neglect, vulnerability, harm to others, domestic violence and safeguarding children and adults.