Social Worker | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7SR |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7439015/311-F827-25-A |
Summary
The Community Rehabilitation Team is looking to recruit an experienced Social Worker to join our multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will have significant experience of working with people with relapsing and remitting mental ill health, including experience of working across a number of services, including secondary care and mental health inpatient services.
The team supports service users to transition from inpatient rehabilitation facilities to living in the community, supporting people to improve their quality of life and work towards achieving their goals.
The team has an emphasis on the Recovery Model, working with service users using a strengths based and trauma informed approach to maximise their independence and autonomy, to improve their quality of life.
You will work with a team of experienced practitioners using biopsychosocial, evidence based interventions. Many of the people we work with have needs related to experiences of oppression, abuse, trauma and/or neurodivergence, therefore a deep understanding of how social determinants impact mental health and wellbeing is key.
We work with Local Authority partners whilst they fulfil their statutory functions, planning for discharges and supporting keeping people safe and well in the community by promoting wellbeing.
The team is a trust wide service covering all five boroughs of Pennine Care and it is essential that you drive to enable you to travel across the Trust footprint.
We are based at Trust HQ in Ashton Under Lyne. Our core hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
To be responsible for a caseload of service users under the care of the Community Rehabilitation Team, taking a strengths based and solution focused approach to supporting people in their recovery journey.
To provide specialist social work interventions to service users and their carers / families, and involve them in all planning, helping to develop social resilience, motivation and daily living skills.
To offer guidance to the Community Rehabilitation Team regarding social care and social work knowledge, including legal literacy and Local Authority systems. Where necessary, make referrals to Local Authorities who fulfil statutory social work functions, or guide members of the team in understanding Local Authority systems, processes and procedures.
Champion the social model of care for services users whilst taking a biopsychosocial approach to meeting service users’ holistic goals.
To be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing strengths based and recovery focused support.
Contribute to risk assessments and the development of management plans, including transitional arrangements between hospital and community settings, using positive risk taking approaches where indicated as appropriate, promoting choice and control.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification to give you the best chance of being shortlisted.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025