Social Worker - Community Mental Health Team Older Adults
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £45,362 to £47,387 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bracknell, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Bracknell Forest Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | People/25/318741 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified (Social Worker England registered) Social Worker within our Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults (CMHTOA).
At Bracknell Forest, we pride ourselves on being a council which is stable and well-managed where our employees can thrive in a supportive environment. We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
About you...
As a Social Worker CMHTOA, you will support our most vulnerable residents using a strength-based approach. Helping the person to remain as independent as possible will be at the heart of everything you do.
You will have the time to get to know everyone you work with. Put simply, in the CMHTOA we work with people to change lives for the better.
As a Social Worker CMHTOA, you will have a strong focus on integrated working with our partners to deliver holistic and seamless support when people need it.
You will have effective communication skills, together with an empathic and respectful approach to diversity.
About the team...
The Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults are proud of the care we give and the services we provide to local people.
We offer:
Exceptional clinical knowledge and expertise.
Committed, hardworking and supportive practitioners.
An inclusive, welcoming and well-informed staff who understand the organisations ethos, aims, journey and focus of the organisation.
Approachable in touch managers.
A service where the focus remains on individuals enhancing their independence.
Skilled administrative support.
Interagency and intra-department relationships that are dedicated to achieving a shared aim and focus to address the needs of the most vulnerable.
Key responsibilities...
Provide advice, information, support and care to people with diagnosed memory problems and people with mental health needs who need social care.
Help to coordinate the resources at hand to identify people with longer term support, to deliver short term interventions utilising strength based assessment and community assets.
To support people with a need for social care to assess their own needs and develop a person-centred plan of support, working together with carers, family and friend networks, health professionals and the voluntary sector.
To have responsibility for assessing safeguarding referrals, including carrying out investigations, completing risk assessments, chairing meetings (where necessary) and ensuring that action plans are effective in keeping people safe.
To establish good clinical and management practices ensuring high standards of care using community or other available resources.
At Bracknell Forest, we pride ourselves on being a council which is stable and well-managed where our employees can thrive in a supportive environment. We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
About you...
As a Social Worker CMHTOA, you will support our most vulnerable residents using a strength-based approach. Helping the person to remain as independent as possible will be at the heart of everything you do.
You will have the time to get to know everyone you work with. Put simply, in the CMHTOA we work with people to change lives for the better.
As a Social Worker CMHTOA, you will have a strong focus on integrated working with our partners to deliver holistic and seamless support when people need it.
You will have effective communication skills, together with an empathic and respectful approach to diversity.
About the team...
The Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults are proud of the care we give and the services we provide to local people.
We offer:
Exceptional clinical knowledge and expertise.
Committed, hardworking and supportive practitioners.
An inclusive, welcoming and well-informed staff who understand the organisations ethos, aims, journey and focus of the organisation.
Approachable in touch managers.
A service where the focus remains on individuals enhancing their independence.
Skilled administrative support.
Interagency and intra-department relationships that are dedicated to achieving a shared aim and focus to address the needs of the most vulnerable.
Key responsibilities...
Provide advice, information, support and care to people with diagnosed memory problems and people with mental health needs who need social care.
Help to coordinate the resources at hand to identify people with longer term support, to deliver short term interventions utilising strength based assessment and community assets.
To support people with a need for social care to assess their own needs and develop a person-centred plan of support, working together with carers, family and friend networks, health professionals and the voluntary sector.
To have responsibility for assessing safeguarding referrals, including carrying out investigations, completing risk assessments, chairing meetings (where necessary) and ensuring that action plans are effective in keeping people safe.
To establish good clinical and management practices ensuring high standards of care using community or other available resources.
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