Advanced Social Worker- Mental Health Transitions

Job description

Job summary

Make a difference at a critical point in a young persons life:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Advanced Social Worker to join our Transitions Adult Social Care (TASC) Team, supporting young people as they move from childrens into adult services.

This role sits within our integrated system, delivered through the Section 75 partnership between Devon County Council (DCC) and Devon Partnership NHS Trust (DPT). You will be line managed within this arrangement, working across organisational boundaries to support both the TASC team and wider services.

Your focus will be on ensuring young people experiencing mental health needs receive the right support at the right time, with transitions that are planned, joined-up, and centred on achieving positive long-term outcomes.

About the Transitions Team (TASC)

The TASC team supports young people aged 14+ who are likely to require ongoing care and support into adulthood.

The team focuses on:

• Early identification and planning
• Coordinated transitions from childrens to adult social care
• Integrating support across education, mental health, health, housing, and social care
• Promoting independence, wellbeing, and stability into adulthood

Main duties of the job

What youll be doing

• Lead high-quality, integrated practice
• Act as a practice leader, championing evidence-based, person-centred social work
• Provide professional supervision, mentoring and coaching to colleagues across the team
• Support practitioners working across organisational boundaries
• Support complex transitions
• Take a lead in complex transition cases, particularly where there are significant mental health needs
• Ensure plans are holistic, coordinated and forward-looking, bridging childrens and adult services
• Promote a strengths-based approach that supports independence and positive adult outcomes
• Strengthen partnership and system working
• Work closely with:
• Childrens social care
• Mental health services (including DPT teams)
• Education and SEND services
• Housing and community providers
• Help develop clear pathways and shared approaches across the system
• Promote joint responsibility and collaborative decision-making
• Support operational delivery and quality
• Work with the TASC Team Managers, reporting to Community Services Manager, to support:
• Case allocation and oversight
• Quality assurance and audit activity
• Practice development and service improvement
• Drive improvement and learning
• Champion reflective practice and continuous improvement
• Support learning across teams and organisations
• Contribute to service development and innovation

About us

What we can offer you

• We are committed to your continuous professional development, doing all we can to help you to get the most from your career. You will receive excellent support and supervision, with regular opportunities to discuss and reflect on your practice, both with your line manager and peers.
• We offer26 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, rising incrementally to 31 days after 5 years service.
• Flexible working opportunities are available, these include part-time hours, flexitime, compressed working hours and homeworking (this is subject to the needs of the role please discuss at further at interview)
• Offer an opportunity to enter agenerous Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Please note: At this time, we are unable to consider overseas applications who aren't currently residing in the UK.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For all relevant information pleaserefer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For all relevant information pleaserefer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Person Specification

Screening Questions

Essential

• Do you have current Right to Work in the UK?
• Do you hold a Social Work England professional membership? Please provide registration number.
• Can you confirm that you hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car or require an exception under the Equality Act 2010?

Qualifications

Essential

• Please refer to the job description and person specification document that is attached to the advert. Use this to address how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined for this role.

Desirable

• Please refer to the job description and person specification document that is attached to the advert. Use this to address how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined for this role.

Person Specification
Screening Questions

Essential

• Do you have current Right to Work in the UK?
• Do you hold a Social Work England professional membership? Please provide registration number.
• Can you confirm that you hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car or require an exception under the Equality Act 2010?

Qualifications

Essential

• Please refer to the job description and person specification document that is attached to the advert. Use this to address how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined for this role.

Desirable

• Please refer to the job description and person specification document that is attached to the advert. Use this to address how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined for this role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Devon County Council
Address

County Hall

Topsham Road

Exeter

EX2 4QD

United Kingdom

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