SEO Mental Health Social Worker Regional Lead

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 30 March 2026

Are you a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker, looking for an exciting and rewarding role? Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and training opportunities? Would you like your career to take a different direction into a friendly and professional organisation?

If the answer is yes, then you would be well‑suited to the senior Mental Health Social Worker role that we have at Venning Barracks, Shropshire.

The vacant post is a full time offering 37 hours per week.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• Free on‑site parking
• Professional registration fees re‑imbursed

They can reside anywhere in the region but must attend Donnington base for essentials regular senior management meetings as well as to support the PAR associated with that riel.

The successful candidate will provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of a designated Department of Community Mental Health, Defence Mental Health Social Work Service and the wider Defence Mental Health Services.

To manage a designated group of Senior Mental Health Social Workers (MHSW), Higher Executive Officers (HEO), within the area of responsibility.

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• To provide delivery assurance to the Defence Mental Health Social Work Service (DMHSWS) Head of Service (HoS) in developing and directing organisational level policy and service development in order to ensure the optimal delivery of the Mental Health Social Work Service within DCMH and Network within the designated area of responsibility.
• To manage a designated group of Senior Mental Health Social Workers (MHSW), Higher Executive Officers (HEO), within the area of responsibility.
• Provide individual and group professional supervision and guidance to MHSWs in area of responsibility as per policy guidelines. To Chair quarterly regional meetings and attend National meetings as required.
• Provide service delivery lead role and change management to area of responsibility and wider MHSW service as appropriate.
• To lead and support the development of MHSWs within area of responsibility to ensure excellence in all areas of practice including DCMH / Network Safeguarding Lead.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

• 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…