HEO Senior Mental Health Social Worker

Are you a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Social Worker looking for an exciting and rewarding role? Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and training opportunities? Would you like your career to take a different direction into a friendly and professional organisation? If the answer is yes, then you would be well‑suited to the Senior Mental Health Social Worker role that we have at HMS Drake, Devonport.

This vacancy is full‑time offering 37 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs, the successful candidate will provide effective Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) in support of the designated Mental Health Team.

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us. Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team. If you’ve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let’s see where your future will take you, together.

• A Market Skills Allowance of £5,000 per annum (pro rata) will be offered to the successful candidate.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Professional registration fees re‑imbursed.
• Free parking.
• Access to gym.
• An environment with hybrid / flexible working options.
• Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.