Perinatal Social Worker

Overview

There is an exciting opportunity to join the growing social work workforce within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Social Workers play a crucial part in improving mental health outcomes for individuals, through understanding the social determinants of mental health and using a human rights approach. This requires advanced relationship-based skills focused on personalisation and strength-based working, to support people to make positive, self‑directed change.

The successful candidate will work as a social worker within the multi‑disciplinary Perinatal Community Mental Health Team, supporting a caseload of individuals experiencing social barriers such as housing, domestic violence, and isolation to recovery through social‑work and psycho‑education interventions and representing the social‑work perspective in the team.

• Provide assessment and access to social‑work interventions for a diverse patient group and their families presenting with significant mental health problems or disorders.
• Deliver realistic, timely and occasionally intensive social‑work interventions within a community setting.
• Apply a strengths‑based, relationship‑oriented approach and demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership within the team, including education and supervision of junior staff and other professionals.
• Build and maintain relationships with statutory and third‑sector organisations (e.g., Women’s Aid, local frameworks) to support families towards recovery.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet the service needs, including unsocial hours and bank holidays.

• Professional qualification in social work to degree level or equivalent.
• Maintains current registration with Social Work England.
• Further specialist post‑registration experience or formal training in a related service area.
• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation, national and local issues impacting care, and clinical risk assessment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, diplomatic, caring, and sympathetic.
• Skills in assessment, intervention, evaluation of patients and clinical supervision.
• Basic IT skills.

• Willingness to undertake new interventions, education, and training that will enhance service delivery.
• Ability to work as part of a team and adapt to flexible working arrangements.
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check; costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated Human Rights legislation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without reference to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.