Social Worker, Mental Health

As a Social Worker, you can be the reason why lives change for the better, helping some of the most vulnerable people gain a brighter future. You will be managing a complex caseload and be responsible for social care assessments, risk assessments, and contributing to ICR meetings, supporting service users to make viable plans for their future.

As a Social Worker, you will be the Safeguarding Lead, handling Safeguarding investigations and the discharging process, while enjoying access to a range of training opportunities that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations. You will undertake complex assessments, contribute to and co-produce care plans, manage and prioritise a caseload of individuals with complex needs, and work as part of a well-resourced multidisciplinary team.

Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

• Lead of Safeguarding concerns involving adults and children, ensuring concerns are escalated and managed appropriately.
• Undertake complex assessments covering risk, social need, public protection, relapse prevention, and family/social context.
• Contribute to and co-produce care plans with service users, carers, and the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), ensuring the social perspective is embedded.
• Manage and prioritise a caseload of individuals with complex mental health, financial, behavioural, and forensic risks.
• Support, inform, and involve families and caregivers.
• Promote social inclusion and financial stability, whilst assisting with benefit claims and liaising with the DWP.
• Work as part of a well-resourced MDT including Psychiatry, Psychology, Occupational Therapist, Nursing, and other specialists.
• Attend ward rounds, managers meeting, MAPPA panels, completing reports and discharge planning.

• A Social Work degree.
• Experience with in a similar environment.
• Experience with working with vulnerable adults.
• Registered with Social Care Wales.

Aberbeeg Hospital, Aberbeeg, Abertillery, NP13 2DA

You will be working at Aberbeeg, a low and medium secure service for men which aims to make sure that each service user receives an individualised formulation of needs, to ensure that the care and treatment delivered is appropriate. Aberbeeg is located within the boundaries of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, set in 11.5 acres of land with beautiful views of the Welsh countryside.

Aberbeeg uses a twelve week therapeutic planning model alongside the “Safewards” model of care. This means that service users have a therapeutic timetable devised collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team using meaningful and smart goals for a twelve week period. Following this, the timetable is reviewed and changed to reflect the development and achievements made.

• Annual base salary of £42,100
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals.
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate;
  Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts.
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind.
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be.
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future.
• Free/subsidised…