Employer: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustEmployer type: NHSSite: Greenhaven, Hopewood Town NottinghamSalary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time)Salary period: YearlyClosing: 09/07/2026 23:59
Perinatal Social Worker
Band 6
Job overview
There is an exciting opportunity to join the growing social work workforce within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Social Workers play a crucial part in improving mental health outcomes for individuals, through understanding the social detriments of mental health and using a human rights approach. This requires advanced relationship‑based skills focused on personalisation and strength‑based working, to support people to make positive, self‑directed change.
The successful candidate will work as a social worker in the multi‑disciplinary Perinatal Community Mental Health Team, supporting a caseload of individuals experiencing social barriers such as housing, domestic violence and isolation, to recovery by applying social work and psycho‑education interventions and representing the social work and social perspective in the team. Further training and supervision is available to support your growth in the role.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Main duties of the job
Due to significant investment as part of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, we are delighted to offer another Social Worker post within the Nottinghamshire Perinatal Mental Health Services.
Nottinghamshire Perinatal Community Mental Health Team is a multidisciplinary and well‑established service providing a range of tailored approaches to meet the mental health needs of women and their families in the perinatal period.
We are co‑located on the Hopewood site with Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. The Team provides a service to the City and County of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw with clinics located across this geography.
The team provides care across the whole region of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To have a specific field of interest and knowledge around the wellbeing and functioning of families, with consideration to areas such as domestic violence.
To provide a defined level of assessment and access to Social Work interventions for a diverse patient group and their families, who present with significant mental health problems/disorders.
To provide realistic, timely and occasionally intensive Social Work interventions to patients within a community setting.
To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals.
To build relationships and liaise with statutory and third sector organisations that could support the families we work with towards recovery – such as Women’s Aid and Framework.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced); this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Values and Behaviours
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Qualifications
- Professional Qualification in Social Work to degree level or equivalent.
- Maintains current registration with Social Work England.
- Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.
- Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.
Training
- Willingness to undertake new interventions, education and training that will enhance service delivery.
Experience
- Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
- Specialist and area specific experience.
- The ability to deal with and resolve conflict.
Knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments.
- Awareness of national and local issues impacting care.
- Knowledge of management theories.
Skills
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues.
- Good skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
- Clinical supervision skills.
Contractual Requirements
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
- Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays).
Additional Information
- We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
- The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
- In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third‑party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information.
- For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as ‘spent’ will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Lisa CarterJob title: Service ManagerEmail address: lisa.carter@nottshc.nhs.ukTelephone number: 0115 9529477
If you would like to discuss this post please contact me either by telephone or email.
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