Experienced Social Worker

Role Responsibility

About the team 

The Mental Health Discharge team works with adults who are inpatients in Acute Mental Health Hospitals in Kent and including some out of area beds.   The team work closely with the Integrated Care Boards (ICB), Kent and Medway Partnership Trust (KMPT), Review and Resettlement practitioners and KCC commissioners to provide a joined-up approach to assessing people’s care needs under relevant legislative framework.

The Mental Health Discharge Service works closely together with the person and their family to ensure a wrap-around and person-centered approach. Our intervention considers the adult’s needs from a social care perspective at the earliest opportunity on admission. We work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure a holistic, person-centered, Care Act compliant, outcome-focused and time-limited response to achieve timely and safe discharges.

Role Responsibility 

Manage a Mental Health hospital discharge caseload of  various levels of complexity. Work in co-production with a range of statutory and non-statutory partners, people who use our service and carers, to maximise access to community and wellbeing resources in support of person-centered recovery planning. This will include person centered assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of appropriate action, to ensure that resources are utilised effectively to empower the people who use our services and to safeguard and promote their welfare. The post-holder should be working at the level of capability set out in the Professional Capability Framework and the Kent Social Care Capability Framework for “Experienced Social Worker “.

You will take a lead on areas including self- neglect, mental capacity, self -directed support and the professional development of others, and will raise the standard and quality assure practice within the team by contributing to training initiatives and participating in areas of research.

Contact Details

Contact Details 

For further information on this role please contact 

Abigail Vanderpuye- Interim Service Manager

abigail.vanderpuye@kent.gov.uk
03000 419104 

Or

Szilvia Mackenzie- Team Manager 

szilvia.mackenzie@kent.gov.uk 

03000 422953

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.