Social Worker (AMHP) WCC620936

Job Details:

Salary range: £41,580 - £55,710 per annum 
Work location: 190 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1DX
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Temporary up to 12 months
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 4 May 2025 

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF MR K’s RECOVERY

Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.

A globe-trotting tourist called Mr K had a stroke. Hospitalised and very vulnerable, we put a unique plan together for him. He wanted to travel to Germany, but he wasn’t well enough. We placed Mr K in a care home to recover. Initially he didn’t like it, but our social worker worked hard to encourage him to stay. And he enjoyed the experience so much, he stayed for a year. As he was recovering, Mr K’s social worker got him an iPad and a phone to help him manage his finances and arrange his next trip. This enabled him to book his tickets to Germany. ‘Auf wiedersehen’ and he was gone! 

The Role:

As a Social Worker in our Statutory Team Enabling Pathways (STEP), you can make your own powerful contribution in the lives of some of the most vulnerable adults in Westminster. You’ll join a clinical team of nurses and mental health professionals. Your role is to carry out statutory social work duties for a small cohort of difficult-to-engage people who sleep rough locally. They have very complex needs – but between you and your colleagues, the STEP team has all the skills necessary to make a difference. 

Together, you’ll support people with a range of mental health conditions and other co-morbidities. Working in a culture of compassion, integrity and openness, where every team member has the opportunity to thrive and grow, you’ll be part of a vital service focused on engagement and harm reduction. Taking a trauma-informed approach, you’ll help to link service users into the support services they need. 

Your responsibilities will include undertaking care assessments, case management, safeguarding adults and initial preventative work. We’ll also expect you to carry out the statutory duties of an Approved Mental Health Professional. Across a small caseload, you’ll provide holistic care to address health inequalities and support long-term recovery. The vulnerable people you support will often have substance abuse challenges and may benefit from services such as motivational interviewing and relapse prevention. Visiting them from streets to day centres, hostels and shelters, you’ll be part of the change they need and deserve. 

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

A qualified, registered social worker and Approved Mental Health professional, you are a great communicator and team player, with a flair for building relationships. Westminster is a diverse place, so it will be an advantage to have experience of working with adults who have mental health problems from a range of different ethnic and cultural groups. You have helped to make a difference in the lives of people with severe and enduring mental health problems and their careers. Please note that some early morning or late evening work may be necessary to engage with some service users. 

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.