Job Summary
We are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and committed Social Worker to work as part of our team in Secure Inpatient Services.If this is you, we have a post available for a full time Registered Social Worker at Ridgeway – Roseberry Park Hospital. The post will be open to newly qualified social workers, ASYE’s, or those looking to expand on and develop their skills and level of experience. You will need to be an enthusiastic team player with good communication skills and the willingness to learn and develop, as well as share your knowledge in this valued field of mental health and learning disabilities. In return we offer you the opportunity to work with a highly skilled and experienced MDT providing support and supervision for you, alongside excellent standards of care for our patients.
We are an established team providing social work support across a range of low and medium secure mental health, autism and learning disability wards.
Please note that the standard working hours for this role are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, however flexible working can be considered.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
Accountable for own social work caseload, working autonomously with less complex cases and may co-work or work under close supervision with increasingly more complex cases.
Education
Contributes to the education of social work students and others; may take the lead in providing training sessions for others.Responsible for maintaining continuous professional development.
Research
Takes part in audits, service development, project work and research. May take the lead in small projects related to own practice. Applies evidence based practice.
Leadership
Modifies personal behaviour and actions in response to feedback.Demonstrates personal effectiveness and contributes to collective leadership. Promotes the social work profession and social work practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate professional qualification in Social Work (or pending)
- Current relevant registration with Social Work England (or pending)
- Will undertake the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme within one year of starting post
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 6 for international recruits
Desirable
- Post graduate training in relevant specialist area
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a variety of practice areas whilst on student placements or postgraduate
Desirable
- Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team (SW essential criteria)
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of professional standards and their application to practice
- Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.
Desirable
- Clinical risk assessment and application in practice
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice in designated specialist area
Skills
Essential
- Record keeping and report writing
- Collaborating with service users and carers/ families in accordance with principles of co-production
- Good observational skills and ability to describe such observations verbally and in writing
- Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team
- Delegates tasks appropriately
- Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
- Ability to adapt treatment using own initiative.
- Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerable people and their families and carers.
- Ability to work on own in a variety of settings using initiative appropriately
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise own workload
Desirable
- Positive and Safe training within agreed timescales dependant on role and service
- Provide effective teaching, training and Clinical supervision within agreed timescales
- Ability to lead group sessions within agreed timescales
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
- Able to work in accordance with Trust Values
- Self-aware and committed to continual professional and personal development.
- Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision.
- Committed to promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions, learning disabilities and Autism
- Committed to promoting a positive image of the department and the wider Trust.
- Awareness of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need.
- This post is subject to an enhanced satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 04 March 2026
