Social Care Practitioner - Mental Health

This is a unique opportunity for a Social Care Practitioner to be part of an integrated multi-disciplinary specialist mental health team. The successful applicant will be employed by Warwickshire County Council but seconded to Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) Mental Health Services under a successful section 75 agreement. This allows for the meaningful integration of the social care agenda within the local Mental Health Trust and prioritises a holistic person-centred approach to meeting the needs and outcomes of the local population.

The population of South Warwickshire is over 250,000 and includes the historic market towns of Warwick and Kenilworth, the regency splendour of Royal Leamington Spa, Shakespeare’s birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon as well as hundreds of acres of beautiful Warwickshire countryside.

You will play a crucial and valued role in the South Warwickshire Community Mental health & Well-being Team. You will take a strengths-based approach to supporting people with a range of mental disorders including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, OCD, autism and personality disorder; maximising their potential for independent living and promoting their full inclusion in the community.

You will be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and a desire to improve the outcomes and wellbeing of those you work with.

• You’ll have at least 2 years’ experience of working with people with complex and significant mental health problems including autism. This role serves as an ideal opportunity to further develop specialist skills.
• You will need strong analytical and communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues. With the ability to work to tight deadlines you can manage under pressure as well as maintaining composure and your professional stance; you’ll be used to making difficult decisions.
• You’ll be able to influence and persuade others as well as being flexible and innovative in your approach.
• Professional social work supervision and line management supervision is provided.
• Full driving license required.

This is the difference you make.

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported,and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants.

• generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month
• valuable package of benefits for members and dependants

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

• agile working
• valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government
• generous annual leave entitlement
• bank holidays
• additional day at Christmas
• access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own…