Senior Social Worker/AMHP

The Wokingham Community Older Adults Mental Health Team is looking for an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Senior Social Worker/AMHP (Mental Health Practitioner) to join our friendly and innovative Community Team. Your base would be Wokingham Community Hospital where we have access to free parking facilities, a staff room and a friendly and welcoming team.

There is also the opportunity to work remotely and a balance of the two would be encouraged. The Wokingham Older Adult Mental Health Service is a multi-disciplinary team with specialist skills in caring for older people with mental health needs in the community.

The post holder will take responsibility for the assessment and implementation of intensive care and treatment in the homes of people with functional mental health problems, as well as people with dementia.

The successful candidate must display a passion and understanding for working with Older People, appropriate training and support will be provided as needed. You must be enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated to contribute towards maintaining standards of high-quality care to our patients.

In our latest CQC inspection we achieved ‘Outstanding’ and therefore the successful candidate would be expected to work towards helping the service maintain these accolades of high standards.

Normal working hours are Monday to Friday 9-5pm. This post is 33 hours a week.

For an informal discussion, please contact Clare Leask at clare.leask@berkshire.nhs.uk

Closing Date: 14th December 2022, 11pm
Interview date: TBC

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.