HEO Senior Mental Health Social Worker

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	26 Tachwedd 2025
Cyflog:	£37,720.00 i £41,460.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£37720.00 - £41460.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	17 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Salisbury, SP4 9AA
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	K0003-25-0529

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Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to: To provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Network, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services. Contribute to the development of service delivery, suggesting developmental initiatives in support of observations. Manage patient caseloads according to Defence Community Mental Health (DCMH) allocation processes and practices as directed by the clinical team lead / Manager and the MHSW Regional Lead. Support the management of the DCMH by providing direct delivery advice for MHSW to the DCMH line manager and or the MHSW Regional Lead. Support management and DCMH by providing advice and support on safeguarding issues and practice as DCMH team Safeguarding Lead. Undertake such additional clinical/management tasks as may be appropriate to the grade and the role agreed in discussion with their line manager / Regional lead /Head of Service (HoS). Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties. Selection Process: Atapplicationstage you will be assessed against the following: CV: Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert. Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factuallyaccurateand taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has beenidentified(presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please seeourcandidate guidancefor more information onappropriateand inappropriate use. https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/ Atinterviewyou will be assessed against the following: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Working Together Managing a Quality Service The interviewmayconsist of a mix of direct questions and clinicalsituation-basedscenarios. Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work,volunteeringor home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEpdNWKQSRI NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework-https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf The sift will be completed within10working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be heldon a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered,taking into accountbusiness needs.Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken. All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is BPSS check. Iffoundsuccessful for this position, you willbe requiredto provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B.Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of yourimmunity,but your serology levels will berequired. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior tosubmittingyour application. There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home. The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excessfaresor temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need toadviseus that you needadditionalhelp or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk. The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, inthe majority ofcases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure thatappropriate mitigationscan be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment. The Ministry of Defence adopts azero toleranceapproach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.