Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Senior Social Worker
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About the Role
Positive approach in providing advanced autonomous social work practice within multidisciplinary mental health team (MDT).
Commitment to engage in a balanced combination of complex casework, fulfil statutory responsibilities, and offer professional leadership, while keeping a strong emphasis on recovery, safeguarding, and social inclusion.
Working collaboratively in community setting, and to make a significant impact by supporting others, upholding best practices, and ensuring that each individual's needs are met through a holistic, recovery-oriented approach.
Key Responsibilities
- To deliver expert social work assessments and interventions for adults with complex mental health and social care needs in the community
- To lead and advise on social care, safeguarding, and Care Act responsibilities within the MDT
- To support professional development and quality of practice within community services
- Provide professional leadership for social work practice within the MDT
- Offer formal supervision and day-to-day guidance to social workers, including ASYE support and assessment
- Act as a practice educator or assessor, supporting workforce development
- Contribute to service improvement, audit, and quality assurance initiatives
- Work collaboratively with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, OTs, and peer workers
- Liaise with Local Authorities, housing, voluntary sector, and social care providers
- Represent the service in multi-agency meetings, safeguarding forums, and care reviews
- Provide specialist social care advice to health colleagues to support integrated care delivery
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About the Trust
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
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Our Family Of Over 4,500 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Denford Chifamba
- Job title: Service Line Lead
- Email address: denford.chifamba@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07799620394
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