Qualified Social Worker- Mental Health- South East London

Posted 04 December 2018
Salary £30 - £31 per hour
LocationSouth East London
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceLORNA_1543937165
Contact NameLorna Burner

Job description

This role is to;

  • Give advice and consultation to colleagues in primary care to help them look after people in primary care in line with NICE guidelines.
  • Provide a gateway to referrers into Secondary mental health service.
  • Comprehensive specialist secondary mental health and social care assessments.
  • Advice and signposting people to services in primary care, and the voluntary and independent sectors.
  • Care Act compliant Assessments.
  • Safeguarding Adults investigations.
  • Support, signposting and advice for carers, including more formal Carers' Needs Assessments
  • Assessment of people who have significant mental health problems and have no recourse to public funds, and would be considered destitute plus according to the National Assistance Act (1948)
  • Provide short term, assessment and stabilisation interventions within a multi-disciplinary setting for up to 12 weeks
  • Provide a gateway to access specialist psychological services
  • Undertake named link working with Primary Care practices

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV .