Qualified Social Worker | Mental Health Social Care| Ealing | Up to £40ph

Senior Social Worker needed for our West Recovery Team in Ealing paying up to £40 per hour

• Location: Ealing
• Team: Mental Health Social Care –West Recovery Team
• Pay Rate: Up to £40.00 per hour
• Contract: Ongoing

Are you an experienced Mental Health Social Worker looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Mental Health Social Worker to join our West Recovery Team in Southall.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative service, managing complex cases while providing leadership, supervision, and expert guidance to colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Team Manager, you will:

• Manage a small but complex caseload, delivering high-quality, person-centred social work practice.
• Demonstrate expert decision-making in complex mental health cases.
• Coordinate the team’s Duty function alongside fellow Senior Social Workers on a rotational basis.
• Screen and triage incoming referrals efficiently.
• Maintain accurate records, reports, and performance data.
• Provide supervision and support to Adult Social Work Assistants, Social Work Students, and ASYE practitioners.
• Model best practice, offering professional advice, guidance, and mentoring.
• Represent the service at multi‑agency meetings, including MARAC and MAPPA.
• Work collaboratively with health and social care partners to achieve positive outcomes for adults with mental health needs.

Essential Skills & Experience

• A recognised Social Work qualification and current Social Work England registration.
• A minimum of 2 years’ post-qualification experience, ideally within adult mental health services.
• Significant experience managing complex mental health cases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Strong assessment, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• The ability to work confidently within a multi‑disciplinary environment.

Benefits

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organizations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee

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