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Location: West London Mental Health Trust
Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed-Term Contract
Pay Rate: £27 per hour (via Umbrella)
About the Role:
West London Mental Health Trust is seeking a dedicated and experienced Band 6 Social Worker to join our Discharge Team within the Acute Mental Health Service on a one-year fixed-term contract. This exciting opportunity is perfect for a social worker with a strong background in mental health and discharge planning, who is ready to work in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
As part of the Discharge Team, you will play a key role in facilitating the smooth and timely discharge of patients from the acute setting to appropriate community care, ensuring that individuals receive the support they need to transition successfully.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake social work assessments and create discharge plans for service users.
- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure holistic care for individuals.
- Provide effective discharge planning and risk management.
- Support service users in accessing community services and resources post-discharge.
- Maintain high standards of record-keeping and report writing.
- Offer expert advice and support to colleagues within the team.
- Qualified Social Worker with HCPC registration.
- Experience in mental health services, ideally in an acute setting.
- Knowledge of discharge planning, safeguarding, and risk management.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic team environment.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- Commitment to providing person-centred care and supporting service users through discharge.
- Work within a supportive and experienced team in a leading mental health trust.
- Competitive pay rate of £27 per hour (via umbrella).
- One-year contract offering job stability.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth within the role.
Benefits of Joining Service Care Solutions:
- £250 referral fee bonus for any health care professional you refer who we place in to work on a 3-month contract.
- £250 sign up bonus for any qualified professionals that register with our agency. This will be paid in your first pay packet
- Bring us your contract / Job referral - £200 bonus for bringing your existing work to us.
- All compliancy costs paid for by our agency, including DBS, Occupational Health Check, Online and Practical training
- LTD and PAYE options available
- Nationwide provider to all NHS trusts
- Multi Framework approved Access to a large number of different services within a number of different trusts.
- Specialist consultants offering single points of contact.
