Your new company
Birmingham City Council are looking for 3 experienced Mental Health Senior Practitioners to join a new cluster team. The team is led by a team manager with a wealth of experience who believes in support and development and healthy work / life balance.
Your new role
Your new role will be to undertake holistic and detailed assessments of need using a wide range of counselling, interviewing and interpersonal skills. Jointly with patients and others involved in their care, to plan how their needs will best be met.
You will have extensive experience with discharge planning and MDT working, knowledge of S117 within the Birmingham Solihull Mental health foundation trust.
You will be working at pace with set KPIs for swift discharge planning from P2 and clinically Ready for Discharge beds (CRFD).
Experience working with Eclipse and 3Cs model is desirable.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you need to be a 2-year-oldqualified Social Worker with previous mental health experience. A passion for improving lives and supporting those in need. Be registered with SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND and hold a Social Work degree (BA Social Work, CQSW, DipSW, CSS or CCETSW approved equivalent). BIA and AMHP Qualification is an advantage, but not essential.
What you'll get in return
Working with Hays, you will receive a bespoke specialist recruitment service with your own personal consultant. In addition, you will receive:
- Lifelong career partner with over 16 years of recruitment expertise and specialist in social work recruitment
- Recruitment partner for Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and Coventry Councils
- Exclusive access to the latest qualified social work vacancies
- Helping you upskill through our My Learning platform, network forums and resources
- Transparency on timesheet/payroll platform - Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella Ltd
- Support for CV writing and interview skills
- *£250 reward for referring another Qualified Social Worker, who we then place.
- You will be offered a competitive salary, but this is dependent on experience with scope for negotiation.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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