Social Work Practitioner

Employer Location: Co Antirm
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Job description

As a Macmillan funded Professional, employed by MindWise, the post holder will be part of the newly formed team to develop and implement the Cancer and Mental Health Psychosocial Service in N Ireland. This service is part of Macmillan’s Psychological care programme of work across the UK. The post holder will work closely with GP practice and Health and Social Care Trusts, developing partnerships across HSC cancer and mental health services, voluntary sector charities, for for people with lived experience of cancer and mental health issues, and carer organisations. The post holder will also assist and support the development of a scoping exercise across specific GP practice areas of the volume of people living with cancer and mental health issues. They will be part of the Psychosocial Team who will provide consultation, advice, and guidance, alongside delivering clinical interventions to families, and carers, who are living with cancer and mental health issues, who require specialist intensive support. The postholder will also be responsible for assisting and supporting regional training for staff, and support programmes for families. This new service will also be evaluated, and the post holder will assist and support the independent evaluation company with data collection and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional social work service to people living with cancer and mental health issues, their families, and carers, using The Family Model as a framework for family focused conversations and support planning.
• Assist and support the Psychosocial team to influence providers, commissioners, and other stakeholders at a regional and local level to ensure equitable provision of integrated psychological care support for people across the region.
• Assist and support joint working with other practitioners/disciplines to implement and manage agreed pathway planning for people living with cancer and mental health issues, their families, and carers.
• Support and strengthen multidisciplinary working within primary care across the GP practices, alongside acute and community services as part of the Psychosocial Service (NI) team.
• Support and develop awareness of the importance of supporting a person’s mental health during their cancer recovery as part of family focused care planning.
• Participate in established fora with a range of organisations across cancer and mental health services for the purpose of the development of Macmillan Psychosocial Service (NI), and the wider Macmillan Psychological Care programme of work for UK.
• Assist and support the development of region wide groups to improve a cancer and mental health pathway for people with lived experience.
• This only some on the responsibilities within this role please see Job Description and Candidate Pack for full details.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• A university degree in Social Work or a professional qualification in Social Work.
• Be fully registered with, or eligible to register with, NISCC as a Social Worker.
• 2 years post qualifying experience of which 1 year will be working in mental health services, or cancer services, or children’s services.
• Demonstrate an understanding of The Family Model (Author, Dr Adrian Falkov 2012) in practice.
• Demonstrate ability to prioritise own workload, problem solve and use initiative.
• Demonstrate ability to assess needs, plan & review care and manage risk to promote person centred outcomes.
• Demonstrate experience of managing stakeholder relationships, both internal and external to the organisation, to achieve successful outcomes for clients.
• Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues affecting those with cancer and mental health issues.
• Demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation as it affects individuals and family members.
• Ability to demonstrate alignment with the core values of Macmillan and MindWise: With Heart, With Strength, With Ambition: Passion, Respect, Empathy, Togetherness, Openness and transparency.
• Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criterion will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport.

Further Information

Location Base: This is a Fieldworker role that is based primarily in the community with an emphasis of covering the Northern Trust and Belfast Trust areas with travel throughout NI as and when necessary. There may be occasional travel across the UK and ROI. Grade: Macmillan Social Worker Band 6 Salary Range: Band 6 - £38,682 - £46,580 (AfC 25/26 Salary Scale).