Social Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time permanent position for a highly skilled and motivated Children and Young People's Social Worker to join a multidisciplinary team in CYPMHS South Hertfordshire. The role involves delivering high-quality care, participating in referral screening, undertaking assessments, providing evidence-based interventions, coordinating care, managing risk, and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The successful candidate will also contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions, service development, and provide consultation and supervision to colleagues.
Essential criteria
- Qualification in one of the following and current full professional registration as relevant to the specific profession
- Social work with valid Social Work England registration.
- Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience and Knowledge
- Post qualification experience in a CYPMHS team or related area, or several years' experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
- Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches especially in relation to trauma and attachment
- Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship/practice education and staff support methods and teaching and training
- Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
- Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children and adolescents.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.
- Skills and Ability
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Demonstrate good verbal presentation skills
- Ability to chair meetings effectively
- Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families.
- Positive problem-solving approach
- Effective Time management
- Qualifications, Knowledge and Training
- Qualification in one of the following and current full professional registration as relevant to the specific profession
- Social work with valid Social Work England registration.
- Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience and Knowledge
- Post qualification experience in a CYPMHS team or related area, or several years' experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
- Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches especially in relation to trauma and attachment
- Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship/practice education and staff support methods and teaching and training
- Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care
- Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children and adolescents.
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.
- Skills and Ability
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Demonstrate good verbal presentation skills
- Ability to chair meetings effectively
- Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families.
- Positive problem-solving approach
- Effective Time management
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.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Social Worker
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
CYPMHS South Hertfordshire is seeking to recruit a highly skilled and motivated Children and Young People's Social Worker with an appropriate professional qualification and relevant experience to join our multidisciplinary team.This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) offered on a permanent basis.The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality care and will make a significant contribution to the clinical and social work provision within the team. The post holder will actively participate in referral screening and allocation processes, undertake comprehensive assessments, provide evidence-based interventions, coordinate care, manage risk, and promote the safeguarding of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. The role also includes contributing to multidisciplinary case discussions and service development activities.In addition, the post holder will provide consultation, advice, and supervision to colleagues, students, and professionals within partner agencies and services.
Main duties of the job
- To develop and deliver highly specialist, evidence-based interventions for children, young people, and their families, drawing upon a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment approaches.
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