From the City Fringe, Brick Lane and Whitechapel to Canary Wharf and the River it’s all happening here in Tower Hamlets. With its unique history, Tower Hamlets has an exceptionally vibrant and diverse community. 

Adult Social Care in Tower Hamlets offers you a variety of opportunities to steer your career in the direction you want to go. We are currently undertaking a huge programme of change to deliver quality standards of practice and are keen for new people to join us to help take this forward.

We are looking to recruit a Social Worker/ AMHPs in the Bethnal Green and Globe Town Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. We are a multi-disciplinary team, whose focus is on the care of adults aged 18-65 in the northwest area of Tower Hamlets who have severe and enduring mental health problems. The team provides early assessment, comprehensive programmes of treatment and continuing care for clients. The objective is to assist people with their recovery, reduce relapse of illness and admission to hospital, and to enable people to remain at home, thus improving their quality of life.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from Approved Mental Health Professionals but will also consider applicants from experienced Social Workers who are willing to undertake training for this role.

The post attracts a Travel allowance. Therefore, You will be eligible for an annual Travel allowance covering zones 2-3.

Requirements

 A recognised social work qualification and registration with SW England is required.

You must be a committed and dedicated Social Worker with experience of working in a community mental health setting.

Excellent team player who can collaborate with health and social staff and other agencies.

You should have experience of working with the Care Programme Approach (as laid out in the NHS and Community Care Act of 1990), Mental Health Act (1983, updated 2007), Mental Capacity Act (2015) and the Care Act (2014).

You will have excellent needs and risk assessment skills. 

An enhanced DBS Certificate which is satisfactory to Tower Hamlets will be a condition of your appointment.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect. 

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.  

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic. 

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.  

Application Details

All applications should be made via our online application system, no CV’s or alternative forms of applications are accepted.

For an informal discussion about the role and the team you can contact Barbara Nikoli and Mark Akyea Addo on 0203 487 1400.

Internal employees should apply via the council's Intranet. External applicants apply via the Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/careers

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