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About the Role

As a Social Worker in our Joint Homelessness Team, you will make a powerful contribution to the lives of rough sleepers in Westminster. You will offer accommodation and support services, working with charity partners to help people leave homelessness behind. You will join a social work team co-located alongside healthcare staff, collaborating to deliver outstanding results. You will develop strong links with other services and families, working with rough sleepers who have co-morbidities, complex social care needs, enduring mental illness, and addiction challenges. You will be instrumental in developing tailored packages of care, with responsibilities including statutory social work assessments and the duties of an Approved Mental Health Professional.

Responsibilities

• Statutory social work assessments
• Duties of an Approved Mental Health Professional
• Developing packages of care tailored to the individual

Requirements

• Qualified, registered social worker
• Approved Mental Health Professional (or willing to train as one)
• Experience in working with adults who have mental health problems (preferred)
• Good knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance
• Comfortable working with people from a wide range of ethnic and cultural groups
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Proactive person with a creative approach to working with service users and their families
• Commitment to dignity and respect at the heart of every intervention

Skills

• Communication skills
• Relationship building skills
• Creative approach to working with service users and their families

Location

• 190 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1DX

Work Type

• Permanent
• 36 hours per week
• Flexible working patterns
• Agile working

Experience Level

• Experience in working with adults who have mental health problems (preferred)

Education Level

• Qualified, registered social worker
• Approved Mental Health Professional (or willing to train as one)

Salary/Compensations

• £44,331 - £53,994 per annum
• AMHP allowance of up to 5% of annual salary

Benefits

• Benefits package
• Flexible working patterns
• Agile working

About the Company

• Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work.
• Westminster City Council is home to over 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant businesses, and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster.
• Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future.
• By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.
• Westminster City Council is an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
• We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
• We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.

Equal Opportunity

• Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
• We pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
• We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
• We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.
• The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application , we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.