Looking to appoint at Level 3

We’re Kirklees – Come and Join our team

We are looking for individuals who are passionate, flexible, creative, and who are committed to working alongside people with mental illness and social care needs.

We are a multi-disciplinary team, in partnership with South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, working collaboratively to develop high-quality, strength-based and recovery-focused packages of care and support.

The team works in a Restorative and Trauma Informed way which focuses on skills development to promote recovery and independence.

Our teams work with service users, their families, and carers to enable them to be independent, fulfilled and to live within their communities.

What to expect from us:

• We are committed to providing our Social Workers with exceptional levels of support, from a comprehensive induction, through to continuous personal and professional development.
• We have a strong emphasis on your professional wellbeing, career progression and job satisfaction.
• We are committed to you feeling safe and supported in your practice and will help you to grow and develop through learning and development opportunities, which will enable you to continuously refresh and enhance your knowledge and skills.
• Social Work is not always an easy profession, and we understand the importance of taking care of ourselves. 
• As a Kirklees Council Social Worker, you will be fully supported by a dedicated team to undertake these complex and demanding roles.
• We have a supportive management and senior leadership team who have an open-door approach to support our team members. 
• We encourage sharing expertise through peer support forums which comprises both social care and health practitioners.  
• The role will involve a blended approach to office and home working to meet the needs of the service and yourself.  
• IT will be provided to ensure comfortable working environments both at home and in the office. 
• As a local authority are committed to a flexible working and always promote a healthy work-life balance. 

What you will do:

• As a Social Worker in a Mental Health Team, you will be responsible for a caseload which will include completing assessments under the Care Act 2014, undertaking holistic strength-based assessments and commissioning personalised support plans.
• You will also act as a Care Coordinator working across a range of agencies to coordinate appropriate care and support, including creating care plans and undertaking risk assessments.
• You will be expected to provide a least restrictive and preventative approach to service users to avoid hospital admission to ensure people remain in their homes.  
• You will provide an important and valued professional function working within a multi-disciplinary team with some of the most vulnerable people in society.
• Your professional expertise and approach will ensure individual needs and aspirations are always supported, risk is managed proportionately, and safeguarding is of paramount importance.
• You will be part of a dynamic, responsive and innovative team with varied tasks and no two days are the same.