Adults Social Worker – Forensic Mental Health

Permanent,Full Time

£36,124 to £51,834 per annum

Location:

Brockfield House,Wickford

Working Style:

Fixed-base worker

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.

This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Worker’s (NQSW) with relevant experience in Mental Health. The starting salary for NQSW's is £36,124 per annum, rising to £38,487 per annum upon successful completion of the ASYE programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Forensic Mental Health Team based at Brockfield House in Wickford, which is a medium/low secure unit. This is an essential role under the Section 75 partnership agreement providing specialist mental health support as a Social Worker within our partnership organisation.

Working collaboratively with fellow social workers, the wider MDT within Brockfield House, other agencies and community teams, you will be expected to provide reports for the Mental Health Review Tribunal and liaise with external agencies such as the MoJ and MAPPA.

The role will involve working with the patients both male and female across the seven wards, assisting with debts, benefits, and any other practical issues they may have to ensure that they are equipped for discharge and integration back into the community.

We’re an adult social care service that wants to see citizens of Essex have as much choice and control over the way they live their lives as possible. We think everyone should have the chance to live a full and fulfilling life with people they love and care about, doing things that matter to them and living in a place they can call home.

We’re determined that with the right support, everyone can maintain or achieve some independence and we’re proud to be working to make these ambitions a reality.

Our Social Workers work alongside people and their families and carers to help them think through what might help them get on with their lives in the way that works best for them. We do this within the framework of our statutory Care Act requirements. This means many of our conversations are framed as ‘assessments’, ‘reviews’, ‘support planning’ and ‘safeguarding’. But our aim is always to listen and understand what matters to the person and then to work with them to think through how this might be achieved.

Take a look at our short videohere to get a glimpse into the role and what it’s like to be a Social Worker at Essex County Council.

If you share our vision, enjoy meeting people and hearing their stories you might be interested to find out more about what we do.

If you’re also a Social Worker registered with Social Work England and experience in mental health, with that winning combination of creative thought, reliability and practical ability to get things done, we’d really love to hear from you!

You’ll have a broad understanding of our statutory responsibilities and a commitment to meeting these in a person‑centred way.

You may have experience of chairing meetings, and you’ll have an ability to develop strong relationships with partner agencies and the local community to provide a supportive framework.

Our Social Worker roles involve travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means - is essential.

In June 2025, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our Adult Social Care services as “Good” with a score of 73%

“The local authority had a good structure and processes in place to enable people to be supported successfully, and support people to remain independent and live healthy lives. The workforce was passionate about supporting…