JOB TITLE: Perinatal Social Worker

BAND: Band 6

CARE GROUP: Specialist Care Group

DEPARTMENT: Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS)

Permanent, Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm)

Job ref 380-FR0247-D

Salary £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata including High Cost Area Supplement 5 %

BASE: Dartford, Kent


Are you an experienced Social Worker seeking a new role?

Do you have experience of working with individuals presenting with mental health issues?

We are seeking a full time Perinatal Mental Health Social Worker based in Dartford, Kent.

At Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, we provide a wide range of adult mental health and learning disability services to our local population of 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey.

You will be working under the Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS) covering the whole of Kent and Medway.  PMHCS specialise in the assessment, diagnosis and short-term treatment of women aged 18 and above who are affected by a moderate to severe mental health illness in the preconception, antenatal and postnatal period.

Within PMHCS, Social workers will focus specifically upon the needs of working age adults and their infants with perinatal mental health issues.
Applicants should be registered with Social Work England and have completed their ASYE.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

All candidates must submit a full application on our website using the link below.

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk/about-us/careers/our-vacancies/#!/job_list/s4/Allied_Health_Professions?_ts=8861