Social Worker

As a Social Worker, you are the reason why lives change for the better. You help some of the most vulnerable people gain a brighter future.

There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, as you work as part of a multidisciplinary team at Gateway Recovery Centre in Widnes. You will be responsible for identifying the social/non-medical needs for the patients, ensuring those needs are met.

You will have previous experience from the NHS or private care as you manage a complex caseload. You will be responsible for social care assessments, risk assessments, facilitate group activities, and will contribute to ICR meetings, supporting service users to make viable plans for their future.

As a Social Worker, you report to the Safeguarding Lead, and will manage internal investigations and liaise with home authorities for service users during their admission and discharging process.

A range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations

Your r esponsibilities will include :

• Being part of an established multidisciplinary team
• Detailed risk assessment & management
• Report writing
• Liaison with families & community networks & service development

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• To be a Registered Social worker (with Care Council for Wales or HCPC for England)
• To have a working knowledge of current Mental Health and related legislation
• AMHP training and experience (desirable)
• Experience of working with offending behaviour and complex interpersonal dynamics (desirable).
• Continuing professional development in training and supervision are available as an integral part of Social Work team practice.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £35,880 + Benefits
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing and much more.

About Your Next Employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

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