Job Description
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Social Worker to join its client’s Adults Mental Health Acute Discharge team based in Stoke.
As a Mental Health Social Worker involved in Section 117 aftercare discharges, your primary responsibility is to ensure that individuals who have been detained under certain sections of the Mental Health Act receive appropriate aftercare services upon discharge from hospital.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and facilitate safe, timely, and person-centred discharges from mental health inpatient settings, ensuring continuity of care and support in the community.
- Undertake assessments of social care needs, including risk assessments, in line with the Care Act 2014 and Mental Health Act 1983.
- Lead or contribute to discharge planning meetings, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, and community mental health services.
- Develop and implemen...