As a Social Worker at Princess Alice Hospice, you will play a central role in supporting patients and those close to them as they navigate the emotional, psychological and social challenges associated with life-limiting illness, dying and bereavement.
You'll work as a key member of our multidisciplinary team across the In-Patient Unit, Hospice at Home service, Day Services and in the wider community. Your practice will include undertaking holistic assessments, providing therapeutic support, offering advice around care planning, and advocating for patients and families to ensure their wishes and priorities are heard. You will also liaise with external agencies including Local Authorities and community organisations to support safe, timely discharge planning and to ensure patients and families can access the resources and services they need.
Beyond your direct work with patients and families, you'll support colleagues across the Hospice through sharing your expertise - particularly relating to safeguarding, complex family dynamics, loss, and psychosocial care. You'll contribute to service development, participate in multidisciplinary learning, and be involved in teaching, supervision and practice development for students, volunteers and team members.
You're a qualified and compassionate social worker with experience in statutory or health and social care settings, and you bring a strong foundation in counselling, advocacy and emotional support. You're confident working with adults at different stages of illness, and skilled at engaging those important to them with sensitivity, empathy and respect.
You're comfortable working within a multidisciplinary team and understand the wider health and social care landscape, including safeguarding and the complexities families face when navigating end of life care.
Your communication skills enable you to build effective relationships, manage delicate conversations and support people in distress. You are committed to inclusive practice, ensuring every patient and family receives care that reflects their individual needs, background, beliefs and preferences.
If you're passionate about making a difference in palliative and end-of-life care and want to be part of a supportive, forward thinking team where your expertise will be valued and developed we'd love to hear from you.
Princess Alice Hospice is a charity supporting people in life, death and grief. We're dedicated to working closely with individuals, communities and organisations in the London Boroughs of Kingston and Richmond and large parts of Surrey, to ensure more people receive the support they need.
Here at Princess Alice Hospice, you'll have the opportunity to make a truly meaningful difference to the lives of our patients, their families and those important to them. You'll be supported every step of the way, working in an organisation small enough for you to see the daily impact of your social work practice, yet large and ambitious enough to offer development, training and opportunities to grow.
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