Shared Services Partnership
Location
Westminster, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary range: £53,109 - £65,853 per annum (as a Practicing AMHP you will attract an annual allowance of up to 5% of your salary for contributing to the rota.)
Work location: 190 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1DX
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 17 March 2024
Contact details for an informal discussion: Alison Evans, Service Manager Westminster Mental Health, via email: [email protected]
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF MR K’s RECOVERY
Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.
Mr K has a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and was in care for a long period as a child. Before he came to MH Reablement Mr K had frequent re-admissions to hospital, his risks included social isolation and self-neglect.
Our Independent Living Assessor/ Occupational Therapy Care Manager (OTCM) of the MH Reablement Team worked closely with MR K to support him with his activities of daily living and he became independent in managing laundry, personal care tasks and completing meal preparation independently. We improved his health and nutrition, reduced hospital admissions and he met his re-ablement goals and continues to flourish independently within our community.
As a Team Manager within the Joint Homelessness Team (JHT), you can make your own powerful contribution by helping us support some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. Working with rough sleepers across Westminster, the JHT is an inspirational community mental health service that collaborates with colleagues from the housing department and health workers. Taking the lead of this friendly and collaborative team, you will therefore see to it that a high-quality service is being offered to people faced with homelessness, who are also struggling with mental illness.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team that includes multidisciplinary professionals including Social Workers, Nurses, Doctors and Administrative Support colleagues. With an excellent staff retention rate – due to the fact that our team get a great deal of pleasure out of making a significant impact on people’s lives – you will find a unique working environment in which we all believe in the importance of this joined-up, holistic approach.
As such, you will ensure we are delivering a unified service that is both flexible and creative, and is tailored to the individual needs of each service user. Utilising an extensive network of organisations who are able to underpin our work (such as housing providers and inpatient mental health services), you will put safeguarding at the heart of every decision, and ensure every action we take is within the relevant legislative framework.
Crucially, you will be an inspirational leader to the team, ensuring workloads are manageable and that the relevant learning opportunities and supervision are provided to more junior colleagues and apprentices – and in the process, you will see to it that we are growing a pipeline of talent, ready to meet the future needs of Westminster’s community.
Essential Qualifications: You must be a registered Social Worker with Social Work England.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information.
As a registered Social Worker with a background in working in health or social care mental health services within the community, you have an in-depth knowledge of working with socially excluded groups, with a particular emphasis on those with complex needs and those who have a history of homelessness.
Passionate about developing care programmes and care plans that are based around the individual needs of each person, you will have excellent assessment skills, with the capacity to identify and manage high risk situations. Having been involved in service planning and development, we will expect you to have a comprehensive knowledge of the relevant legislation impacting on mental health and housing, and you will have a good understanding of regulations relating to those who cannot access public funds.
Comfortable delegating work to at least six colleagues, you will be committed to supporting their personal and professional development. Essential to this role will be your ability to work with culturally diverse communities, service users and their carers, so you will combine compassion with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background, you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.
Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.
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