Qualified Social Worker, Mental Health Team, Blackpool Council
Vitalis · Blackpool, Lancashire
Qualified Social Worker, Mental Health Team, Blackpool Council at Vitalis, based in Blackpool, Lancashire, paying £30.66 per hour. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- £30.66 per hour
- Location
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 1 month ago
- Closes
- 5 Sep 2026
- Sector
- Local Government
Bang in line with the market for local government
Reference OR-2947
About the role
Qualified Social Worker, Mental Health Team, Blackpool Council
Pay rate to £30.66 per hour
Contract role
Vitalis are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to work in a Mental Health Team in Blackpool Council.
Blackpool Council is a progressive organisation committed to building on and improving our mental health services.
We are proud of the high quality of service-user focused care across the Blackpool Coast and constantly endeavour to help our staff deliver the kinds of innovative and effective services our service users and carers deserve.
If you would like to work within a challenging and supportive environment, Blackpool Council is pleased to be able to offer a social work vacancy within the Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults.
We are a co-located team working with older adults with various mental health issues and their carers. Working alongside our health colleagues in an integrated way of working that is well established within the team.
We are committed to a joint approach to service planning, delivery and development.
For Older Adults, you will provide multi-disciplinary needs and risk assessments, care planning and provide long term social work support within the framework of the Care Act 2014 and in line with the national agenda driving the provision of care to older adults with a mental health problem.
You will work within the framework of the Care Act 2014 and undertake timely assessments and reviews.
This will be a short-term position of 14 weeks and Mental Health experience with older adults or an understanding of mental health legislation is preferable
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:
Contact me on [email removed] or [phone removed] for more information.
Pay rate to £30.66 per hour
Contract role
Vitalis are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to work in a Mental Health Team in Blackpool Council.
Blackpool Council is a progressive organisation committed to building on and improving our mental health services.
We are proud of the high quality of service-user focused care across the Blackpool Coast and constantly endeavour to help our staff deliver the kinds of innovative and effective services our service users and carers deserve.
If you would like to work within a challenging and supportive environment, Blackpool Council is pleased to be able to offer a social work vacancy within the Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults.
We are a co-located team working with older adults with various mental health issues and their carers. Working alongside our health colleagues in an integrated way of working that is well established within the team.
We are committed to a joint approach to service planning, delivery and development.
For Older Adults, you will provide multi-disciplinary needs and risk assessments, care planning and provide long term social work support within the framework of the Care Act 2014 and in line with the national agenda driving the provision of care to older adults with a mental health problem.
You will work within the framework of the Care Act 2014 and undertake timely assessments and reviews.
This will be a short-term position of 14 weeks and Mental Health experience with older adults or an understanding of mental health legislation is preferable
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
Contact me on [email removed] or [phone removed] for more information.
Reference: OR-2947 · Posted 1 month ago · Closes 5 Sep 2026 · Listed via Vitalis
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