Job Title:       Social Worker

Team:             Community Mental Health Team

Hours:            37 per week

Grade:            H scp 27 £31, 346 – scp 31 £34, 728 

Grade:            I (AMHP) scp 31 £34, 728 – scp 35 £38, 890   

Contract:       Permanent

The Role

The Bolton Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is an integrated health and social care service that strives to deliver a needs based service for people with severe and enduring mental health conditions. The Functional CMHT’s are part of Bolton Division of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and provide a comprehensive multi-disciplinary service to people aged 18 years and above, including an assertive outreach approach.

This is an exciting opportunity for social worker to join the Functional Community Mental Health Team in Bolton that provide a comprehensive multi-disciplinary service.

About You

We are looking to recruit a social worker - Grade H or (I if AMHP) to the Functional CMHT.

We are looking for individuals who are flexible, creative, committed and able to adapt positively to change. You should also be able to work effectively taking a holistic approach to assessment and treatment working in partnership with service users and their carers,’ promoting independence and recovery of people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. You will need to be able to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, respecting the input of all the professions and professionals within this.

About Us

As a Social Worker within in the Bolton CMHTs you will assess service users using identified assessments, risk assessments and undertake the role of Care Coordinator in line with CPA process. You will have a defined complex caseload which could consist of people who are on the Assertive Outreach pathway and will be expected to work proactively and flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team model.

You will also be expected to participate in the extended hours service, which would incur weekend working on a rota basis.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.