Qualified Social Workers - Mental Health Team / Assertive Outreach
- Location:
-
Wembley Central, Wembley (HA0) jobs
- Salary:
- unspecified
- Company:
- Just Social Care
- Job type:
- Temporary jobs
- Date posted:
- 22/11/2009 18:04
- Job id:
- 45760292
- Contact:
- Jane Collins
- Ref:
- Totaljobs
Just Social Care currently
have a vacancy for a Qualified Social Worker to join an Assertive outreach
Team.
In this post you will be
working with client’s who are mentally ill adults who do not
effectively engage with mental health services. You will be working with
Clients in their own environment, wherever that may be.
Mental health services
have traditionally been delivered in office or hospital-based settings where
the client comes to the mental health professional at a pre-arranged time. In assertive
outreach, the worker goes to see the client in his or her environment - be that
home, a cafe, a park or in the street – wherever it is most effective.
This flexibility of
approach allows services to be provided to people who may not otherwise receive
them, where they feel most comfortable. Workers may also visit or accompany
clients when they use other services. This encourages a two-way engagement that
helps to develop trust and rapport and to establish links with other agencies.
You will be expected to
see your clients frequently and to stay in contact, however
Difficult that may be. The
long-term aim is to build a relationship between the individual and mental
health services. You aim to establish a trusting relationship with each client
In a flexible, creative
and needs-focused way that enables the delivery of a health and social care
package that fits each client's own specific needs.
For more details or to
apply for this locum post, please feel free to contact Jane at Just Social Care,
01375 64 11 31
Just Social Care
is a specialist recruiter of social workers
jobs; to view a full selection of our current social worker vacancies, please
visit: www.justsocialcare.co.uk
