Social Workers - Mental Health Teams

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

The work is stimulating, demanding, and often challenging but highly rewarding. You will be committed to working as part of a very experienced and supportive team. You will be highly motivated and willing to learn, able to adapt to changing situations, and meet deadlines.

This is an excellent opportunity for newly qualified, suitably skilled, and experienced Approved Mental Health Professionals to join the Teams either on a full or part-time basis and enhance the quality of care for the citizens of Coventry.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact matthew.bilbe@coventry.gov.uk or simon.mcgarry@coventry.gov.uk or call 024 7697 6256

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The right candidates will have:

• Working knowledge of and application of MHA, MCA, The Care Act, and Children’s Act
• An AMHP Qualification (not essential) or a willingness to undertake training
• Organisation, recording, and workload management skills
• Diplomacy, negotiating, and listening skills.
• Be able to work in partnership with users, carers, and colleagues.
• To work as part of a team
• Have autonomy and decision-making skills
• Develop personal home treatment plans
• Good IT skills
• Have a vision for your own career development and future training
• Resilience, flexible, and have stamina

In return, you will:

• Be welcome in joining a highly professional and thoroughly hard-working, friendly team
• Group and individual professional supervision from the Team Manager / Senior Practitioner within the team
• Excellent in-house and external training opportunities.
• Opportunities to experience and present at various professional forums including our Pre-Court Legal Panel.
• Highly competitive salary with career development opportunities

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Please note your application form will be shortlisted during the period of the advert and if you are successful you will be invited to attend a MS Teams interview.

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation.

Our Values are: