Senior Consultant Social Worke

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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.
We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.
Job overview
This is a new and exciting role within the Directorate of Social Care that will evolve over time. The role is important to the Partnership and will ensure the development of strength-based, multi-disciplinary working and social components of mental health care within the boroughs.
You will advise the divisions on social work practice, ensure community transformation is place-based and person-centred, and help integrate mental health services within and across the divisions. You will represent the social care directorate in providing all aspects of Social Care within the Partnership's boroughs and divisions, supporting Trust-employed Social Workers, Safeguarding, Carers Support, Social Work Standards, Social Inclusion & Community and Voluntary Sector Partnerships, and Service Transformation.
This high-profile position requires you to provide technically competent and legally literate advice in complex situations, lead and direct the work of the Partnership's discharge social work staff, provide clinical support where required, and promote integrated working with Local Authority Social Care, Housing directorates, and children's services. This is a hybrid and agile-based role working across the Partnership's sites with an expectation to have a physical presence on sites when required.
** Applicants who have previously applied for --Vacancy 306-BEH-1749 | Trac ID: 5963814 -- do not need to re-apply.
Main duties of the job
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
This role will be based within the Social Care Directorate and will be responsible to the Director of Delivery Improvement (Operations). The key responsibilities are:
Provide professional Social Work leadership on strengths and community asset-based mental health social work and rights-based practice.
Provide strategic Social Care leadership across Divisions.
Lead on the development and delivery of Divisional Social Care Strategy.
Provide an effective interface between the Division, BEH, the wider partnership, London Boroughs, ICB, and other partner agencies.
Develop robust working relationships and new ways of working involving the 3rd sector and voluntary sector partners.
Ensure adherence to social care best practice with social inclusion and recovery at the heart of care offered across Divisions.
Deliver all requirements set out in any relevant section 75/Memorandum of Understanding partnership arrangements.
Advise on effective structures for delivering delegated Local Authority statutory responsibilities across divisions.
Develop innovative and integrated mental health provision across boroughs through promotion of social care values and principles.
Lead and develop a robust Carers Strategy across divisions.
Act as lead social care practitioner across divisions from advising on individual cases to engaging with new and existing delivery improvement programs in Rehabilitation, Recovery, and community transformation.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Partnership.
This is an excellent opportunity to advance your specialist skills and be involved in implementing psychosocial models and approaches to Mental Health Care. We are looking for innovative individuals who genuinely want to make a difference in changing minds and attitudes towards modern mental health care practice
Why choose to join the Partnership?
We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
Generous Annual Leave Allowance
NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
RELATIONSHIPS/COMMUNICATIONS
Internal: Divisional Senior Management Teams (SMT); Social Care Directorate Management Team (DMT)); Operational Delivery Board, Hestia Senior Management Team, Core Community Team Managers, and staff, CRHTT Team Managers and Staff, Ward Staff and People who use our services
External: Assistant Director of Social Care; Borough Heads of Social Care. Heads of Service, and other local authority social care leaders and social workers, Housing and third sector staff
The postholder will be at ease in working with all levels of colleagues and partners and particularly will be able to:
Work in a highly complex environment across multiple systems, providing visible social work and social care leadership to partners in local authorities.
Participate in the development, implementation, and review of Section 75 agreements and other partnerships between the Local Authority and the divisions.
Work with Local Authority partners on robust governance arrangements and quality service standards for the delivery of integrated Mental Health Act (#####) assessments and promote effective partnerships with local AMHP services.
Ensure adherence to Local Authority policies and procedures relevant to the management of staff and resources on behalf of the local Authority.
. OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Support the development of excellent working partnerships
Ensure that social care and the role and values of social work are fully considered in the development of Divisional strategies and annual plans.
Lead on the transformation of mental health social work, raising the profile, value, and role of the workforce within the delivery of modern integrated mental health care service.
Contribute to the development of social work and social care partnerships within wider BEH integrated programs and initiatives.
Provide social work leadership on the development and implementation of social care personalization, strengths & assets-based approaches, trauma-informed care, and rights-based practice within the Divisions.
Champion the development of clearly specified mental health social care roles within integrated mental health services.
Lead on the development of systems and practices within the Division to ensure that the social care dimension is a mainstream consideration for all staff working with service users and carers.
Advise Divisional Triumvirates of all responsibilities relating to social care delivery
Ensure that any delegated activities relating to relevant legislation are met.
Assist in translating Local Authority social care priorities into Trust service development and business plans.
Facilitate partnerships with local authorities, service user groups, carer groups, voluntary sector community groups, 3rd sector organizations, and BEH Trust.
2. POLICY / SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
Provide professional and visible leadership that inspires, motivates, and empowers social workers across the divisions Division in all care settings.
Strengthen the professional identity of social workers in the Division, ensuring that the profession is nurtured, and its voice is prominent.
Ensure systems and processes are in place for robust professional supervision, reflective practice, learning, personal and professional development for social workers in the Trust.
Develop and promote opportunities for social work innovation and research. Leverage social care approaches to develop integrated services that support effective recovery and strengths/community asset-based approaches.
Be a member of various Divisional forums related to governance, service planning, and development. Provide strategic leadership for defined social care priorities across The divisions.
GENERALPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
All staff are required to be appraised by their line managers at least once a year at a personal development review meeting where progress made over the last year is discussed and agreed. Focus on the following year's departmental and personal objectives will be identified, discussed, and agreed. Where necessary, help and support will be provided, and development opportunities agreed in line with service provision and knowledge and skills competency framework. All staff are responsible for the continual compliance with CQC standards and outcomes.The postholder must be aware of, and work in line with, the Trust's Safeguarding Adults and Children procedures.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
Registered social worker
Degree/Diploma in social work or equivalent.
Management qualification and/or extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through experience and/or training up to master's level.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
Significant experience of delivering professional social work leadership.
Significant experience of management at a senior level within social care and NHS mental health provision
Proven track record of working across complex organisational and system wide boundaries and collaboration.
Desirable criteria
Understands business and financial concepts and the importance of developing a performance management culture
Experience of managing large budgets and resolving conflicting priorities
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria
Evidence of excellent leadership and management skills.
Detailed knowledge of safeguarding children and adults.
Detailed understanding of the statutory and regulatory frameworks relevant to the delivery of social work and social care.
Desirable criteria
Analyses, interprets, and evaluates complex data and draws logical sound conclusions.
Grasps complex problems and understands immediate and longterm implications of decisions
References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.
If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.
Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.
Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.
All non-medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust's satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act#####4 (Exceptions) Orde#####75 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Ord#####020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Senior Consultant Social Worker (PDF, 432.4KB)
Functional Requirements (PDF, 178.7KB)
Applicant Information Pack (PDF, 1.6MB)
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