Social worker

Directorate: Adult Care, Housing & Public Health

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

An opportunity has arisen for a social worker to join the mental health team.

We are always delighted to receive applications from talented candidates, and we know you don’t want to wait too long to hear back from us - so we are committed to actively reviewing applications as they arrive and will be in touch to arrange interviews with candidates as soon as possible.

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council’s Adult Social Care. For more information about Rotherham Adult Social Care jobs, please visit:

Adult Social Care Jobs – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Rotherham is on an exciting journey to transform its Adult Social Care service to ensure every adult is supported to maximise their independence and be safe, healthy and well. Our One Rotherham Values ensure we are committed to be Honest, Caring and Proud in everything that we do.

Rotherham is an amazing place to live and work, with its historic Town Centre, country parks, woodlands, and nature reserves.

Rotherham is well connected to the other fine towns and cities in South Yorkshire both by road and by a comprehensive public transport network - including the UK’s first tram-train connecting Rotherham and Sheffield, pioneering cleaner, greener ways to travel.

About our Team

The Mental Health social care team is part of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s Adult’s and Community Wellbeing Offer. The team comprises of three subsections supporting adults with a functional diagnosis of mental health.

The AMHP Team focus on referrals under the pathway of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Amended 2007). The teamwork across all age groups and with individuals experiencing both Organic and functional mental ill health.

The Mental Health front door team are a duty team to respond to the most urgent cases needing support under the Care Act 2014. This service also includes the Mental Health Enablement Pathway. Ensuring the duties of The Care Act is adhered to promote and achieve the prevention and wellbeing principle.

There are then two community teams ‘North’ and South’ that manage all long-term Care Act mental health support and reviews.

The team provides proportionate and targeted support to people at the right time to ensure maximum independence. The service is focused on recovery, reablement, empowerment, and social inclusion, that emphasises prevention and early intervention. Managing demand through proactively engaging and supporting people with functional mental health needs that significantly impact on their lives.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop work with individuals to achieve their goals/outcomes and promote independence and autonomy using a strength based, person-centred approach. You will be working in one of the two community teams.

About You

We are looking to recruit exceptional Social Workers with the right values, skills, knowledge and experience to contribute to further enhancing and embedding strengths-based practice; focusing on people and the outcomes they wish to achieve where our ethos is ‘home first’.

Rotherham has a good track record of achieving positive outcomes for people through being innovative and progressive as evidenced by our award-winning teams and individuals. This is further strengthened by our strong working relationships with a wide range of partners including the NHS, police, the community, voluntary sector and the independent care sector.

If you are a compassionate, innovative, and resilient social worker with the drive to deliver ever improving performance outcomes for the people of Rotherham, then this is the role for you. In return we can offer considerable professional growth and development within an environment that is both supportive and stretching, along with a generous benefits package which is outlined in the document attached.

If you have been away from social work for a while but are considering returning to practice, do get in touch and let’s work together to see if we can help you take that worthwhile step back in to a rewarding social work role.

Want to Talk to Us?

For an informal and confidential discussion about this opportunity please contact: andrew.barrow@rotherham.gov.ukor victoria.faxon@rotherham.gov.uk

It is a great time to join us, and we welcome your application.

Interviews for successful candidates will be held on the 8th and 11th December at Riverside House.

This post involves working with adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme and can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

This post operates under a Career Grade/Grading Assessment Scheme, with starting salary and progression through the grades being linked to experience, qualifications and level of work being undertaken.