Social Worker; Patient and Family Support Team - Hampstead, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Personnel

Sanctuary Personnel

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Hampstead, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Patient and Family Support Team to work part-time based in a hospice in Hampstead.

The salary for this permanent Social Work job is paid up to £40,588 Pro Rata and 22.5 hours (3 days) per week, fixed term for 6 months.

Main duties:

To undertake continuing holistic assessment of patients' needs
Review the initial assessment on a regular basis (while the patient is an inpatient) to ensure our services are responsive to changing needs
In partnership with the patient identify and agree desired outcomes and agree how these will be achieved
Provide psychological and emotional support to patients, identifying when the level of support may be beyond the scope of an individual social worker and that other professional support may be needed
Where applicable liaise with external agencies to ensure the patients' needs can be met on discharge from the hospice
Identify any needs the carer may have and where appropriate refer to specialist agencies that can provide support
Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and update appropriately and accurately the team on any issues that may be relevant to the patients discharge or care
Act as an advocate for patients and where conflict arises with family members sign post families to external advocacy agencies
Provide benefits advice as and when required
Provide contemporaneous and accurate record keeping of all interventions with patients and families
Assess the need for bereavement intervention by participating and contributing to multidisciplinary meetings
Ensure that social work practice meets the standards set out in the Bereavement Policy
Ensure that families with complex emotional needs are referred to appropriate agencies for specialist intervention
Ensure the system for user feedback is implemented effectively and that user feedback is evaluated to improve the service
Provide specialist support to patients, carers, children and significant others using individual, group and family techniques

Requirements of this Social Worker/Experienced Social Worker job:

A social work qualification or equivalent
Understanding of relevant legislation
Continual professional development
Social Work England registered

Contact:

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.

With this information, we will provide appropriate support to youthroughout the process and into your work placement.