Our clients are urgently seeking to recruit 2 x
Locum Band 6 Forensic Social Workers to join their Forensic Mental Health Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
Job Summary
The post holder will provide a specialist forensic social care service to a caseload of patients and their carers.
The post holder will write (and present within formal settings) Admission Social History Reports, Reports for CPA Meetings, Managers Hearings and Mental Health Tribunals, and Funding Panels.
The post holder will provide advice to multidisciplinary colleagues regarding social care in the forensic setting, including regarding Child and Adult Safeguarding, Section 117 MHA, Care Act, VLO and MAPPA liaison
The post holder will support social work students on placement and contribute to the wider Forensic Social Work Service
Key Result Areas & Performance
Ensure that inpatients have a social history completed to inform the post admission assessment process and in accordance with the post-admission pathway process.
Establish the home Responsible Local Authority for inpatients on admission, and escalate to Line Manager when efforts to establish the RLA prove problematic. Maintain links with the Responsible Local Authority and home Community Mental Health Team for each patient to ensure good liaison and care planning and timely transitions to lower secure environments and discharge from hospital
Gather information for needs assessment and risk analysis from patients and others such as family members and external social care and probation agencies.
Complete reports within deadlines.
Undertake assessment and analysis of risk to the public and staff or others of reoffending. Develop with multidisciplinary team colleagues risk management strategies and care plans for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients, taking a lead in relation to the individual social care needs.
Actively and assertively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, contributing a Social Work perspective, with particular emphasis on discharge pathways and on family and external community issues, planning proactively for suitable aftercare.
Provide Social Circumstances Reports for Mental Health Tribunals, Managers Hearings, and the Parole Board which conform to the standards for such reports
Attend Mental Health Tribunals and other formal meetings to represent a Social Work perspective.
Take a lead role within the multidisciplinary team to ensure that child and adult safeguarding is prioritised and procedures followed.
Take a lead role in the multidisciplinary team in enabling patients to exercise their rights.
Take a lead role within the multidisciplinary team in ensuring carers are advised in any patient / service user’s change of circumstances.
Promote good practice regarding equality diversity and inclusion, specifically in relation to addressing racism and discrimination
Support families and carers to contribute to patients’ care and refer carers for specialist assistance where appropriate including a Carers Assessment.
Represent the views of the multidisciplinary team at external meetings, such as MAPPA level 2 or MARAC
Contribute to Ward Clinical Improvement Groups and Service Clinical Governance meetings
Contribute to the Social Work Team duty rota, and complete reports and other duty tasks as required
Maintain records in a timely and accurate matter in accordance with Trust policies and Social Work England expectations
Where agreed with the RLA, undertake initial Care Act assessments on behalf of the RLA, referring to local host area funding panels with regard to section 117 MHA
Undertake the role of Appropriate Adult, as outlined by PACE
Undertake the Social Supervision of patients subject to Conditional Discharge in agreed cases
Contribute to the development of any student social workers placed within the team
Where the post holder is an AMHP, contribute to a partner local authority AMHP rota as agreed with management, and attend appropriate training and supervision.
Participate in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety initiatives with the multidisciplinary team.