Advanced Social Worker - Enfield - 30k
Mbi Medical are pleased to be working with the Borough of Enfield. Their site is situated with very good transport links. The site provides; medium secure, low secure and acute services.
What You Will Do
- As a lead Social Worker you will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team to develop and deliver care, ensuring the patients receive a holistic standard of care.
- Identify any social issues which a patient may be experiencing and ensure these are addressed within risk assessments and care plans and make sure the patient is supported.
Create links between the care team on the ward and the patient’s community team, ensuring that early discharge planning is arranged and community teams are fully up to date and aware of the care pathway of the patients.
- Develop links between different agencies within a patient’s local community, for example Care Co-Ordinators, MAPPA, families/carers and future possible placements.
- Act as the Hospital’s Designated Safeguarding Officer, maintaining links with Enfield Council, escalating safeguarding concerns and monitoring any ongoing safeguarding concerns.
- Take a proactive approach in supporting the wards within the hospital with monitoring any safeguarding concerns amongst the patient group on the ward, ensuring the safety of patients at all times.
- Complete investigations into incidents in the hospital and feedback this to the Senior Management Team.
- Investigate com...