Social Worker – Mental Health

Job title:

Social Worker – Mental Health

Company

London Borough of Bromley

Job description

Social Worker (Mental Health)Social Workers Community Mental Health TeamsSalary: £39,709 – £47, 509 per annum +AMPH uplifts if relevantIn addition you will receive £1,500 annual retention and £1,000 Golden Hello and other excellent benefitsHours: Full time – applicants wishing to work part time however will be welcomeLocation: Community Mental Health teams based in Orpington and BeckenhamAs an alternative to applying through the website, please feel free to email your CV to AcquisitionRecruitment@bromley.gov.ukIf you are a newly qualified social worker, please ensure you apply however through the website only and by September 1st 2025 in order to be able to join the AYSE programmeAbout the RoleDue to the promotion of 3 members of staff, The London Borough of Bromley, in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a number of full-time Social Workers to work within our Community Mental Health teams based in both Orpington and Beckenham. An AMHP qualification is desirable, but not essential, however training will be made available when your knowledge, skills and experience allow. Our teams in which we have current vacancies now, are the ICMP (Intensive Case Management in Psychosis – Orpington only) and ADAPT (Affective Disorders, Anxiety, Personality and Trauma – Beckenham and Orpington). All 3 teams have an exceptionally experienced and supportive senior social work to offer guidance, development and supervision to the successful applicant.Bromley mental health social workers work closely with their community health colleagues as part of a fully integrated multi-disciplinary team, to support adults with mental health difficulties and their carers. Your role will be to offer support to both community and in-patient services, with the focus on working together with service users and their wider support networks to enhance their independence and quality of life. You will be expected to undertake a wide variety of holistic duties and tasks, including holding a manageable and varied caseload of service users, occasionally working on duty as part of a team rota, undertaking Care Act assessments to determine eligibility, supporting the S117 needs which fall outside of the framework, making safeguarding enquiries, and considering capacity and best interest decision making as appropriate. If an AMHP you will also work approximately 1-week in every 5 or 6, as part of the highly supportive and well-resourced centralised AMHP service, based offsite in the hospital grounds.We aim to develop and maintain a culture of continuous learning here in Bromley and will actively promote this throughout your employment, whilst ensuring through good quality supervision both managerial and professional that you are developing and delivering on the skills and knowledge required for the post. Both AMHP training and Practice Educator training will be available to you alongside various more bite-size training delivered by both the Local Authority and the Trust.If you have the required social work qualifications and Social Work England registration, and a real desire to support people with mental health issues we would really like to hear from you.If you would like to find out more about the roles, please contact: Claire Symons – Head of Social Care for Mental Health – C.Symons2@nhs.netBenefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:

• Golden Hello & Annual Retention Allowance
• Merited pay scheme
• 30 days Annual Leave
• The opportunity to participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Excellent training and career development pathway
• The ability to claim mileage for business trips in line with HMRC guidance
• Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000) for successful candidates relocating from overseas or the outer southeast area
• A range of salary sacrifice schemes, including for lease cars, technology equipment and for gym.
• Benefit scheme also includes a range of discounts at local retailers

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners. We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.Closing date: Ongoing

Expected salary

£39709 – 47509 per year

Location

Bromley, Greater London

Job date

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 03:23:19 GMT

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