Social Worker
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Middlesbrough, TS4 3AF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9346-26-0113 |
Summary
Delivering high quality patient care Professionally accountable for own complex social work caseload, working autonomously to deliver social work intervention 1-1 and/or in groups, in a variety of settings (which may include the service users own home). Will seek guidance for highly complex cases from relevant more seniorprofessional as appropriate. Undertakes complex and noncomplex social work assessments, co-creates social work goals, and delivers social work interventions. Obtains patient consent (or appropriate legal alternative) for social work assessment /interventions, using autonomous professional judgment incomplex situations ensuring that all patients remain at the centre of decision making and are fully safeguarded. Promotes and maintains safety, privacy and dignity of all patients in the delivery of patient centred care, recognising and respecting differences including spiritual and cultural beliefs. Recognise diversity and apply anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in practice. Leads and supports others to promote recovery, coproduction and allyship with service users, carers and others involved in their care. Acts, wherever applicable, in accordance with all relevant legislation for example the Human rights Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children Act, duty of candour and associated policies, procedures, and supports others to do so. Recognises the potential for signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient with due regard to therapeutic positive risk taking and supports others to do so. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of all those who may be at risk within expected timescales and in accordance with legislative frameworks and local policies and procedures and supports others to do so. Ensures the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of patients are maintained at all times and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence-based practice and relevant professional guidance and supports others to do so. Ensures Social Work interventions and support are based on current risk assessment, evidence-based practice, critical thinking and whole system support requirements that take account of relevant physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, genetic and environmental factors. Monitors and evaluates social work treatment utilising relevant outcomemeasures where appropriate, responding appropriately to feedback from service users carers and others. Modifies social work treatment plans to ensure effectiveness of intervention in order to review progress and ensure effectiveness of clinical interventions and ensuring the same for those you have supervisory responsibility for. Demonstrates safe physical interventions in the management of violence and aggression as required for the post and in line with trust training requirements e.g, level 1 and/or 2 positive and safe training. Responds to and supports others with crisis situations, seeking advice and guidance from other relevant professionals and escalating as appropriate. Responsible for maintaining appropriate boundaries with service users and those involved in their care in line with professional standards. Successfully communicating with others, establish and maintain great working relationships and gain co-operation. Communicates in a way which recognises and values difference andensures that people with a range of communication abilities feel includedand their individual communication needs are met. With consent, communicates information regarding service users careprofessionally, compassionately and in a timely manner to carers and others involved as appropriate, having due regard for confidentiality at all times. Please see detailed job description attached.