Professional Lead for Social WorkNHS

Job summary

Powys Teaching Health Board's Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and CAMHS Services are an ambitious, values-led services committed to delivering outstanding, person-centred care across a diverse and beautiful rural community. Serving people of all ages across Mid Wales, our multi-disciplinary workforce is united by a shared commitment to compassion, inclusion, recovery and continuous improvement.

We are seeking an exceptional and inspiring social work leader to join our Senior Management Team as Professional Lead for Social Work. This is a unique opportunity to shape, champion and strengthen the social work profession within health services, ensuring the highest standards of professional leadership, governance and practice in line with the vision and values of Social Care Wales.

Social work brings a distinctive and essential perspective to health care. Grounded in human rights, social justice and strengths-based practice, the profession understands the social, relational and environmental factors that shape people's lives and wellbeing. Social workers play a pivotal role in delivering person-centred, biopsychosocial assessment and care planning, supporting early intervention, prevention, recovery and the achievement of meaningful outcomes for individuals, families and communities.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated and accomplished candidate who can provide visible professional leadership and expert advice across the organisation. You will be a passionate advocate for social work, committed to tackling health inequalities, addressing the impact of societal disadvantage and ensuring that the voices, rights and experiences of individuals and families remain at the heart of everything we do.

If you are an innovative leader with a commitment to excellence, professional integrity and social justice, and are ready to shape the future of social work within Powys, we would love to hear from you.

Key improvements:

• Stronger opening that sells Powys and the service.
• Positions the role as a strategic leadership opportunity, not merely a governance function.
• Emphasises human rights, social justice and reducing inequalities.
• Highlights social work's distinctive contribution to health services.

Job description

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if you dont speak any Welsh, or want to develop your skills, dont worry: the health board will support you with training.

About us

Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.