Adult’s Social Worker, Mental Health Team, West London

Adult’s Social Worker, Mental Health Team, West London Pay rate £32 per hour Contract role, Mental Health Team Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Adult’s Social Worker in West London This is to work in a Mental Health Team in Ealing.

We are seeking experienced Social Workers to work in the Mental Health Social Care Team for the London Borough of Ealing. The service is made up of a number of teams and is responsible under the Care Act for assessing and reviewing the social care needs of adults within Ealing who have primary mental health needs. This includes creating person centred, strengths based support plans, and undertaking ,capacity assessments under the Mental Capacity Act, Completing, Social Circumstances Tribunal reports and undertaking the role of a Social Supervision for conditionally discharged s37/41 patients .

Successful candidates will have a solid understanding of the legal frameworks of the Care Act (2014),, the Mental Capacity Act 2005), the Mental Health Act) and the Human Rights Act(1998)-, can demonstrate professional curiosity, and an ability to work in a strength based way to ensure the best outcomes for residents Ealing with mental health needs. Experience with the Court of Protection Schedule 21A challenges, will be considered in the recruitment process. Candidates are required to have robust assessment skills and be able to complete their interventions within the team timescales.

The service also has the statutory responsibility for undertaking safeguarding enquires for adults with mental health needs. In the role you will be acting as a Safeguarding Enquiry Officer, working closely with a Safeguarding Adults Manager to make enquiries, and manage risk, ensuring people’s individual safeguarding outcomes are met.

The service also provides a duty system; which Social Workers contribute to on a rota basis. Duty is responsible for screening incoming referrals to the service, screening safeguarding concerns, responding to queries and contact from service users, carers and other professionals.

The mental health social work team is currently, co- located with West London NHS Trust. We’re looking for social workers to work the across the borough. The team operates in a robustly planned multidisciplinary framework.

There is plenty of hybrid working available. Please get in touch for more information. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-

A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to

An easy registration process (all done online)

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance managed for you

Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

Please contact Graham Leatham on or email for more information.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager