Hackney Council are looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their Adults Mental Health team.

The Social Worker in the Crisis team will work alongside health colleagues to identify and address the social determinants of the crisis, supporting service users to access services and benefits, supporting their carers and enabling them to maintain independence in the community as far as possible. To use individual and family interventions to effect change and work co-productively with service users in reaching agreed outcomes. The post holder with other members of the multi-disciplinary team will be undertaking clinical work within the scope of the service delivered by the City & Hackney Crisis Resolution Service, which consists of the Home Treatment Team, Crisis Line, Urgent Assessment Team and Street Triage. The Social Worker in the Crisis team will work alongside health colleagues to identify and address the social determinants of the crisis, supporting service users to access services and benefits, supporting their carers and enabling them to maintain independence in the community as far as possible. To use individual and family interventions to effect change and work co-productively with service users in reaching agreed outcomes. The successful candidate will be working 37 hours a week on the rota over the 7 days a week, including night shifts.