Social Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Band 6 Social Worker to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering community mental health care in the Dacorum area of Hertfordshire. The role involves providing high-quality social care services, including assessment, care planning, and coordination for adults experiencing mental ill-health. You will champion social care and safeguarding, focusing on recovery, choice, control, and independence for service users and their carers. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Essential criteria
- An appropriate professional social work qualification
- Education to degree level
- Registration with Social Work England
- Training in principles and application of outcomes focussed assessments and personalisation
- Relevant post-qualifying training for social workers
- Training and experience in Safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interests Assessment Training
- AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
- Strong post qualification experience
- Knowledge of legislation, theory and policy in relation to relevant care group
- Experience of undertaking assessments, focussed as personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
- Understanding and experience of personal budgets and direct payments
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and ability to work collaboratively
- Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect
- Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Excellent ability to communication with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Ability to analyse service user and carer information
- Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys
- PHYSICAL SKILLS
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
- Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
- KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- An appropriate professional social work qualification
- Education to degree level
- Registration with Social Work England
- Training in principles and application of outcomes focussed assessments and personalisation
- Relevant post-qualifying training for social workers
- Training and experience in Safeguarding
- Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interests Assessment Training
- AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
- Strong post qualification experience
- Knowledge of legislation, theory and policy in relation to relevant care group
- Experience of undertaking assessments, focussed as personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
- Understanding and experience of personal budgets and direct payments
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and ability to work collaboratively
- Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect
- Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Excellent ability to communication with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports
- ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- Ability to analyse service user and carer information
- Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys
- PHYSICAL SKILLS
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
- Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
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
Be at the heart of our community!
We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Band 6 Social Worker to join us in delivering community mental health care within the Dacorum area of Hertfordshire - Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and surrounding villages.
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 would welcome applications from London based Social Workers looking to move to this idyllic part of the county.
You MUST BE a registered with Social Work England and you must have a full UK driving licence and access to a car in order to apply for this role. Previous applicants need not apply. This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
For an informal chat, please contact [contact details removed] lead Helen Dudeney [phone number removed]
Main duties of the job
As a Social Worker, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing high quality social care services to adults of all ages experiencing mental ill-health.
The core functions of the role will be to provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care from a social perspective to adults accessing the service. You will delivery recovery-focusedcare and s
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