Mental Health Community Case Worker

Job title:

Mental Health Community Case Worker

Company

Coventry City Council

Job description

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

What is the job role?

This is an exciting opportunity to work with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis who may also be at risk of psychiatric inpatient admission. The Social Interventions Collective (SiCol) is a team based in a busy Crisis Home Treatment Team that is promoting the bio-psycho-social model of mental disorder. Your role will be intrinsic to promoting the social model of practice. Your work will be stimulating and challenging and you will work very closely with an experienced team of Social Workers, Approved Mental Health Professionals, Psychiatrists, Nurses and Support Workers.

You will be expected to:-

• have a prominent role in supporting individuals requiring vital and urgent social support
• complete personalised assessments of social need and identify and arrange social interventions accordingly that specifically aim to achieve recovery
• complete assessments under Care Act (2014)
• work closely with a whole range of Statutory and Third Sector colleagues to assess, identify and arrange interventions based on social and recovery models.
• offer a compassionate and respectful response that inspires hope and recovery

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

If you are ready for the challenge you will need to demonstrate:

• you practice with authenticity, commitment and respect at all times
• you are an excellent team player
• you have a working knowledge and understanding of the common social issues that impact on an individual experiencing acute and/or enduring mental disorder, and the range of interventions that can be made available to address those social needs
• you have an understanding of assessing risk and how to escalate this to relevant professionals and services
• you have the ability to explore, identify and implement creative social solutions to prevent the need for a psychiatric inpatient admission, including knowledge of the creative use of direct payments
• you have the ability to identify and effectively mobilise relevant agencies, professionals and resources that are central to an individuals’ recovery plan,
• you have the ability to form robust and purposeful relationships with individuals, families, carers, and the partner agencies you work with.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and would like an informal discussion please contact:-

on Tele 02476 932 800 Mobile: 07525 908616

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our to see how we can assist you.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’

Interview date(s): 26th March 2024

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package – to find out more please visit

Coventry City Council

Expected salary

£26421 – 32076 per year

Location

Coventry

Job date

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:26:21 GMT

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