This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker who has experience or an interest in Forensic Social Work.Broadmoor.....
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker who has experience or an interest in Forensic Social Work.
Broadmoor Hospital, as part of West London Health Trust, is responsible for the in-patient treatment of men detained under the Mental Health Act, who require high levels of security in order to protect others and themselves.
The successful applicant will be joining an experienced and supportive Social Work team.
Whilst it is desirable for candidates to have experience working within forensic and mental health settings, applications will be equally considered from qualified and experienced Social Workers working in other areas, as long as they can demonstrate strong transferability of skills.
Social Workers work within their clinical teams allocated to wards. The Social Work role is well integrated within the multi-disciplinary team approach and you will have key responsibilities in the completion of statutory reports, supporting carers and will be the clinical team lead for safeguarding.
West London NHS Trust delivers a forensic social work service across high, medium and low levels of security. We work within well-resourced multi-disciplinary teams, contributing to risk assessment and care planning from admission to discharge. We address the social care needs of patients within our services. Social Workers operate to the Forensic Mental Health Social Work: Capabilities Framework (2016) with opportunities for working across a number of specialist areas.
As a Forensic Social Worker, you will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team attached to a ward. You will undertake statutory functions, including the completion of Social Circumstance, social history and CPA reports and take lead responsibility for safeguarding and Carers.
You will contribute fully to risk assessments and care pathway planning. You will work to the principles of the Recovery Model and will provide a social care perspective to patient care planning. You will have an active role in working closely and supporting the families and Carers of patients. You will take a lead on ensuring safeguarding adult and children concerns are progressed, working closely with the Team Manager.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
• 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 and newly qualified 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.
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Jan 2024
