• Job Description

  Req#: C9388-25-0625?language=en&page=507&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, dynamic person who can demonstrate commitment to the provision of high-quality person-centred care.

  To lead and manage a team of experienced, specialist mental health social care workers, delivering high quality, strength based provisions, working with older people experiencing mental health difficulties and their families and carers. Maintaining and enhancing the quality of life and wellbeing of older people and their families and with promoting independence, autonomy, and dignity.

  We are also happy to consider applications from those experienced social work professionals who have an AMHP qualification, this would attract and enhancement on the salary of 11.8% for which there is expectation that you will commit to the Torbay and South Devon AMHP Rota for a minimum 2 duties per month

  If you are passionate about providing high quality individualised patient care, enthusiastic about supporting patients' rehabilitation and increasing their independence and quality of life we would like to hear from you.

  Main duties of the job

  Manage staff, resources, and relationships with key agencies to ensure timely and effective assessment, personalised support planning, and care management. Work in partnership with all agencies to ensure, a high quality, strength base provision is delivered to services users experiencing mental health problems, there family and carers

  Lead on mental health expertise and social work knowledge to oversee staff cases loads which will have a high level of complexity

  Ensure the most cost-effective and beneficial care packages are established, delivered and monitored, and comply with all relevant statutory requirements and Trust policies, standards and guidelines.

  Ensure teams and individuals: - understand and apply legislation and national policy requirements, - understand and apply TSDNFT (and where appropriate partner agency) policies

  Work within agreed procedures

  Develop and maintain effective working relationships

  Meet required performance expectations

  Deliver a service to the public that meets required quality standards and which optimises the opportunity for people to lead and manage their support

  About us

  A Baywide specialist service, The Older People's Mental Health Team (Adult Social Care) is a multi-disciplinary team co-located with Health services . A team with an excellent reputation for promoting strength based, creative approaches to working with older people with complex functional and organic mental health difficulties.

  Why work with us

  Details

  Date posted

  02 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum/pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Job share

  Reference number

  388-7122498-AHP-A

  Job locations

  Chadwell

  Torquay Road

  Paignton

  TQ3 2DW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Communication with service users and patientsCommunications may include dealing with those people who have difficulties relating to highly complex, contentious emotional and psychological conditions associated with their presenting conditions. People may have difficulties in communicating or understanding, and may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, or unable to accept their diagnosis or situation

  Contribute to service developments within the Care Trust, attending working groups and representing social care on inter-agency and multi-disciplinary groups

  Understand and develop the teams practice performance using management information, audits, complaints and compliments and other quality assurance measures

  Initiate, facilitate and lead liaison across agencies at a local level and maintain a collaborative working approach to assist in the resolution of complex dilemmas and practice issues

  Managing practice and risk

  Lead on and maintain service improvement in line with strategic direction

  Implement Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust customer service standards, and ensure that these are applied by all team members; respond as required to representations and complaints

  Create and maintain a culture of professional curiosity within the team

  Maintain knowledge and understanding for the relevant area of organisational practice and ensure that the team practice is in accordance

  Maintain continuous professional development of self and all team members, to ensure that practice is up to date and commensurate with legal, statutory and service standardsResponsibility for Administration

  Maintain accurate and up to date case records, and timely completion of care management forms as required by data management systems (PARIS)

  Ensure that minutes are recorded accurately and timely at case conferences and strategy meetings for vulnerable adults

  Complete manual and IT-based records which meet Care Trust quality standards

  Ensure that supervision notes and staff personal files are accurate and kept up to date

  Ensure that service users are placed at the heart of the Service, treated courteously and fairly, and consulted on all aspects of their service provision

  Promote wellbeing and recovery in mental health and to work closely with families and carers of service users

  Act in the most vulnerable service users Best Interest under the legal framework of the Mental Capacity Act

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Communication with service users and patientsCommunications may include dealing with those people who have difficulties relating to highly complex, contentious emotional and psychological conditions associated with their presenting conditions. People may have difficulties in communicating or understanding, and may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, or unable to accept their diagnosis or situation

  Contribute to service developments within the Care Trust, attending working groups and representing social care on inter-agency and multi-disciplinary groups

  Understand and develop the teams practice performance using management information, audits, complaints and compliments and other quality assurance measures

  Initiate, facilitate and lead liaison across agencies at a local level and maintain a collaborative working approach to assist in the resolution of complex dilemmas and practice issues

  Managing practice and risk

  Lead on and maintain service improvement in line with strategic direction

  Implement Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust customer service standards, and ensure that these are applied by all team members; respond as required to representations and complaints

  Create and maintain a culture of professional curiosity within the team

  Maintain knowledge and understanding for the relevant area of organisational practice and ensure that the team practice is in accordance

  Maintain continuous professional development of self and all team members, to ensure that practice is up to date and commensurate with legal, statutory and service standardsResponsibility for Administration

  Maintain accurate and up to date case records, and timely completion of care management forms as required by data management systems (PARIS)

  Ensure that minutes are recorded accurately and timely at case conferences and strategy meetings for vulnerable adults

  Complete manual and IT-based records which meet Care Trust quality standards

  Ensure that supervision notes and staff personal files are accurate and kept up to date

  Ensure that service users are placed at the heart of the Service, treated courteously and fairly, and consulted on all aspects of their service provision

  Promote wellbeing and recovery in mental health and to work closely with families and carers of service users

  Act in the most vulnerable service users Best Interest under the legal framework of the Mental Capacity Act

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Knowleadge

  Essential

  • Current registration with SW England
  • Relevant professional Social Work qualification - Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social Services
  • Experience of working in mental health
  • PQ and commitment to post qualification

  Desirable

  • Management Experince
  • Ability to plan and direct complex service demands
  • Experience of overseeing complex Safeguarding investigations

  Essential

  Essential

  • Experience in management

  Desirable

  • Management Qualification

  essential

  Essential

  • Experience of legal /Court Work

  Desirable

  • DoLS / Court of Protection / Tribunals

  Essential

  Essential

  • Experience of working with Mental Disorders in a Community Setting

  Desirable

  • Understanding of Functional and Organic Disorders

  Essential

  Essential

  • Experience of taking a Lead Role in Safeguarding ,

  Desirable

  • Chairing S42 Meeting, Leading Investigations, Guiding others to regards to the Safeguarding process

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Knowleadge

  Essential

  • Current registration with SW England
  • Relevant professional Social Work qualification - Degree/Diploma in Social Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Certificate in Social Services
  • Experience of working in mental health
  • PQ and commitment to post qualification

  Desirable

  • Management Experince
  • Ability to plan and direct complex service demands
  • Experience of overseeing complex Safeguarding investigations

  Essential

  Essential

  • Experience in management

  Desirable

  • Management Qualification

  essential

  Essential

  • Experience of legal /Court Work

  Desirable

  • DoLS / Court of Protection / Tribunals

  Essential

  Essential

  • Experience of working with Mental Disorders in a Community Setting

  Desirable

  • Understanding of Functional and Organic Disorders

  Essential

  Essential

  • Experience of taking a Lead Role in Safeguarding ,

  Desirable

  • Chairing S42 Meeting, Leading Investigations, Guiding others to regards to the Safeguarding process

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Chadwell

  Torquay Road

  Paignton

  TQ3 2DW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Chadwell

  Torquay Road

  Paignton

  TQ3 2DW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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