Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade H1 / H2 SCP 27-35 £37,035 - £44,711 per annum

Closing Date: 2nd April 2025 at 23:59pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time 37 hour a week position as a mental health social worker to join Blackpool's Homeless Mental Health Team based at Winstone House. The successful candidate will have a passion for working with people with multiple disadvantages such as homelessness, mental health difficulties and substance misuse. You will need to be confident with working independently in addition to working alongside our partner agencies. The role involves assertively engaging people who are experiencing homelessness and providing social care assessments and interventions to support them on their personal recovery journey, to develop and maintain their wellbeing and to live well. 

You will be based within an integrated mental health team however will be part of the wider mental health social care team where you will have access to regular formal and infomal supervision, peer support, training opportunities and a career development pathway 

If you would like an informal discussion and for more information, please contact Hannah Hardman on 01254 477770. 

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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