Social Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join the Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in North Hertfordshire. 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 professional development, and potentially undertake Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) training. The position offers a competitive salary, staff benefits, and excellent career development within an 'Outstanding' rated Trust.
Essential criteria
- An appropriate professional Social Work qualification.
- Education to Degree level.
- Registration with Social Work England.
Desirable criteria
- Approved Mental Health Professional / Best Interests Assessment Training.
- Proven post qualification experience.
- Knowledge of legislation, theory and policy in relation to relevant care group.
- Experience of undertaking assessments, focused as personalisation, choice and control and care planning.
- Experience of work and an Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor.
- An appropriate professional Social Work qualification.
- Education to Degree level.
- Registration with Social Work England.
- Approved Mental Health Professional / Best Interests Assessment Training.
- Proven post qualification experience.
- Knowledge of legislation, theory and policy in relation to relevant care group.
- Experience of undertaking assessments, focused as personalisation, choice and control and care planning.
- 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: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 4d
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in North Hertfordshire.
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 qua
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