Social Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join the Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Watford. The role involves delivering care to adults with mental health issues, providing assessment, care planning, and coordination of care from a social perspective. You will manage a caseload, ensure safeguarding, and work within a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on recovery-focused care and support. The Trust offers a competitive salary, benefits, and career development opportunities.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver care to an allocated caseload of clients living in the Community experiencing, or recovering from, mental health difficulties.
- Provide direct support and advice to Service Users and Carers within the recovery framework.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, ensuring people are assessed appropriately against social care eligibility criteria as defined by The Care Act 2014.
- Ensure that appropriate health and social care services are commissioned with and on behalf of service users, including direct payments.
- Undertake duties as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) or be willing to undertake AMHP training.
- Maintain accurate computer records of all work undertaken and ensure continuing professional development.
Essential criteria
- An appropriate professional Social Work qualification.
- Registration with Social Work England
- Training in principles and application of outcomes, focussed assessments and personalisation.
Desirable criteria
- Approved Mental Health Professional / Best Interests Assessment Training
- Experience of work and an Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
- Knowledge and Experience
- An appropriate professional Social Work qualification.
- Registration with Social Work England
- Training in principles and application of outcomes, focussed assessments and personalisation.
- Approved Mental Health Professional / Best Interests Assessment Training
- Experience of work and an Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 13d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Watford.
The area is well served with transport links to historic Hertfordshire and its glorious countryside as well as into London and beyond. We are looking for a Social Worker who is passionate about care delivering care to adults with mental health issues.
We can offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package, excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a "Good to Great" journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Main duties of the job
Registered with Social Work England.
Experience of working in a community based setting. Responsible for the delivery of care to an allocated caseload of clients living in the Community experiencing, or recovering from, mental health difficulties.
Provide direct support and advice to Service Users and Carers, within the recovery framework.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary Team, working in partnership with a range of stakeholders inside and outside of the Trust.
Providing high q
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