Senior Social Worker (Sponsorship Available) At Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job Overview

• Employer: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• Job Title: Senior Social Worker
• Location: United Kingdom
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
• Job Type: Full-time
• Closing Date: 21 May 2026

Job Summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic and resourceful senior social workers who will have the ability to respond positively and creatively to the needs of service users.

Residents of Mid Essex are well supported because of the hard work and dedication of the current team members working within the service.

Main Duties of the Job

You will work at the forefront of the community mental health treatment teams in the Mid Essex area (Braintree / Maldon) providing EPUT’s secondary mental health services.

The posts require individuals to think with a positive and forward thinking attitude, putting the needs and safety of service users at the heart of everything Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust does.

The role offers the ability to have independent professional freedom but also with access to the support and expertise of a multi-disciplinary team.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust invests in the development of senior social workers as the organisation plays a lead role in the ‘Think Ahead’ initiative.

Within the Mid Essex locality, support is offered from the Social Care Leadership Team, along with opportunities to progress and advance within your career for those aspiring leaders and clinical experts.

The team provides caseload supervision as well as managerial supervision, limited and weighted caseloads and extensive training and development opportunities — including AMHP Training.

About Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication.

At EPUT, support is provided to help staff fulfil their potential.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• Mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling are provided.
• Recognition awards are run to recognise staff’s hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join the organisation.
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work That Wraps Around Your Needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as a Senior Social Worker in the community mental health treatment teams providing high quality assessment and intervention to service users experiencing a wide range of mental health problems, promoting recovery and independence, using Mental Health Care clusters to identify appropriate pathways and treatment plans with service users.

You will support the delivery of strength and asset based approaches promoting recovery and social inclusion with individuals and families.

This post will involve implementing the personalisation agenda through strengths based assessments and you’ll be vital to delivering the statutory social care duties and responsibilities within the Care Act (2014).

Following appointment, the postholder is required to actively practice as an AMHP (subject to AMHP qualification. If not currently an AMHP, the successful candidate will be required to undertake AMHP training at the earliest opportunity) on the Area AMHP rota, undertaking MHA assessments and other allocated work in relation to service users with a range of mental health problems and engaging with their carers so that, within the legislation, appropriate action is taken.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• qualification

Experience

Essential

• experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

How to Apply

If this opportunity interests you, head to the company’s official website for full details — click here to submit your application.