Adults Social Worker - Mental Health Team (£30.66ph)

Location:  Blackpool FY1 3AH

Contract: Ongoing   

Rate: £30.66

Start: ASAP  

About the Role:

1 x 37 Older Adult Mental Health Social Worker required for a period of 14 weeks

Blackpool Council is a progressive organisation committed to building on and improving our mental health services.

We are proud of the high quality of service-user focused care across the Blackpool Coast and constantly endeavour to help our staff deliver the kinds of innovative and effective services our service users and carers deserve.

If you would like to work within a challenging and supportive environment, Blackpool Council is pleased to be able to offer a social work vacancy within the Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults.

We are a co-located team working with older adults with various mental health issues and their carers. Working alongside our health colleagues in an integrated way of working that is well established within the team.

We are committed to a joint approach to service planning, delivery and development.

For Older Adults, you will provide multi-disciplinary needs and risk assessments, care planning and provide long term social work support within the framework of the Care Act 2014 and in line with the national agenda driving the provision of care to older adults with a mental health problem.

You will work within the framework of the Care Act 2014 and undertake timely assessments and reviews.

This will be a short term position of 14 weeks and Mental Health experience with older adults or an understanding of mental health legislation is preferable