Qualified Social Worker, Community Mental Health Team, Trafford Council
Vitalis · Trafford Park, Greater Manchester
Qualified Social Worker, Community Mental Health Team, Trafford Council at Vitalis, based in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, paying £30.00 per hour. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- £30.00 per hour
- Location
- Trafford Park, Greater Manchester
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 1 week ago
- Closes
- 15 Aug 2026
- Sector
- Local Government
Bang in line with the market for local government
Reference OR-2791
About the role
Pay rate to £30 per hour
Contract role
Vitalis are recruiting for experienced Qualified Social Worker to work in a Community Mental Health Team in Trafford Council.
We are looking to recruit Social Worker’s/ AMHP’s that can work with warmth, empathy, and genuineness when within a multi-disciplinary team and have a strong social work identity.
For this role you need to be a social worker that is driven and passion to make that difference and work within a strong human rights framework to drive social justice and equal opportunity for people with mental health problems.
You will need to be a collaborative person with excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills who uses their professional curiosity and inquisitive enquiry at every contact to promote person centered outcomes and wellbeing.
You will need to have a good knowledge base around ethical and legal literacy, and are you committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes.
You will need to be able to value and respect others’ contributions, be able to professional challenge when applicable and work within a ‘solutions focused’ and ‘can do approach’ within a specialist service area. This is a key essential to improve outcomes for adults experiencing poor mental health and to support their families within a think family approach.
Underpinned by your social work values and ethics you will need to be able to demonstrate knowledge of enablement service which aim to prevent, reduce and delay the need for crisis interventions (where possible), and care and support systems, be able to support risk enablement and positive risk taking whilst mitigation of preventable harm to self and/ or other using your legal and statutory knowledge.
Don’t forget, if this role isn’t the perfect fit, we’re confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:
Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)
- Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
- Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
- Looked After Children (LAC)
- Children’s Social Work
- Adult Social Work
- Service Manager
- Head of Service
- Team Manager
- Assistant Team Manager
- A wide range of housing roles
- Careers in SEND in local authorities
Let us help you take the next step in your career. Get in touch with me today to explore our exciting opportunities!
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Reference: OR-2791 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 15 Aug 2026 · Listed via Vitalis
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