Social Worker | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will provide consultancy on issues relating to the social care needs of forensic clients of the Specialist Support Team, providing skilled advice and guidance to staff both for the Specialist Support Team and in the wider social care community within the requirements of legislation.

Shortlisting Date Planned for 10 June 2024

Interview Date Planned for 19 June 2024

1. Ensure an accurate comprehensive, holistic and up to date social history is available for each service user which offers complex formulations and recommendations.
2. Provide a skilled comprehensive assessment and social work service to people who have a Learning Disability and complex needs.
3. When it is part of an agreed care plan, focused casework with individual service users using a range of interventions.
4. Work in partnership with service users and carers to assess and identify their needs and achieve service provision which is outcome focused and enhances their quality of life, independence and social integration.
5. Contribute to planning and development of future services by providing complex analysis and information to assist the multi-disciplinary team.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.