Social Worker Adults - Buckinghamshire

Be an ambassador and leader across social work both internally and external to the department.
- Work with adults, and their families, who may be placed in a range of community and placement settings, to form an understanding of their needs and wishes and develop strength-based plans.
- Understand and apply the relevant statutory frameworks to promote independence and autonomy while balancing risks and the needs of others including children and vulnerable adults.
- To provide a high quality and effective professional casework service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision, dependent upon the complexities of these cases and the social worker's experience.
- To comply with legislation, statutory guidance and local policies and procedure.
- Delivering outstanding support to Buckinghamshire residents and ensure that regular monitoring and review of care and support plans is carried out.
- To be competent in all areas of the Professional Capabilities Framework of Social Work.
- Demonstrate and model good practice that reflects a commitment to relationship and strengths-based practice, working collaboratively with adults and their families., Buckinghamshire is a county which includes both culturally diverse towns and rural villages with good transport links into London, Oxford, Milton Keynes and Bicester. The Social Care staff group in Buckinghamshire mental health services is a supportive, diverse and inclusive network. We encourage applicants with transferable skills and a commitment to improving the lives of the people we work to support. The mental health social care teams across Buckinghamshire actively encourage and provide training and practice development with opportunities to progress to AMHP and BIA status. We pride ourselves in being supportive and welcoming and are committed to developing a strong Social Work identity within with wider mental health Trust.
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+ All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
+ Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
+ Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
+ We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
+ Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
+ Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

This is a Social Worker post which will improve outcomes for adults in Buckinghamshire. We have vacancies in the North and South of Buckinghamshire. There may be opportunities to work with older adults and our 18 -25 transitions team, depending on needs of service user group. You will be supported by an Assistant Team Manager and work within a small team who have close links with the Buckinghamshire Council as well as working alongside community health colleagues within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. You will use relationship based Social Work skills to understand the needs of this adult service user group and work collaboratively to create care and support plans that reflect person-centred outcomes.
Our social work team within community mental health has arisen out of a renewed commitment by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Buckinghamshire Council to continue working in partnership to deliver mental health services for the residents of Buckinghamshire and those placed out of area for whom we are the responsible body.
The post-holder will have strong Social Work values and a commitment to improving the lives of adults with complex health and social care needs.

Band 6
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you., Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
+ Excellent opportunities for career progression
+ Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
+ 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
+ NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
+ Competitive pension scheme
+ Lease car scheme
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Mental Health First Aiders
+ Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
+ Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team