Are you a registered Social Worker? Do you want to join an established, collaborative, and super supportive team? St Margaret's Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Social Worker to be part of our multi-disciplinary palliative care team. Salary: £18,669 - £20,444 (equivalent to a full-time salary of £37,338 - £40,888) Working hours: Part Time (18.75 per week) Location: Taunton Contract: Permanent Providing vital support to patients with a palliative, life limiting diagnosis as well as their families and carers, you will really be able to make a difference in this rewarding role. In return, we offer a supportive working environment, the opportunity to develop new skills, and the satisfaction of helping the St. Margaret’s team to make each day count for individuals and families in Somerset. What can you expect to be doing? We support palliative patients at all stages of their journey, from diagnosis to end stage disease, offering preventative, restorative, and supportive care. As our Social Worker, you will play a key part in this by helping patients to identify what is important to them and achieve their goals. This might include support with financial, housing or other social issues, helping them to plan for their future or arranging support for their care needs. Under the guidance of the Supportive Care Lead, your role will involve: Using your knowledge and expertise to provide really useful advice and guidance. Working with the clinical teams to ensure the social and supportive care needs of all patients and families are assessed and where possible met. Providing expert safeguarding support to clinical staff, patients, families, and carers, ensuring the welfare of vulnerable adults and children. Managing safeguarding concerns and promoting best practices. Training and developing colleagues, including line managing the Social Work Assistant. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver compassionate, patient-centred care This is a Hospice based post and will involve some travel in Taunton and the West Somerset area to undertake community work, home visits, and meetings. What will you be good at? We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. Qualifications: Degree or Master’s in Social Work (or equivalent). Registration with Social Work England. Experience: Experience in safeguarding vulnerable adults and/or children within a health, hospice, or social care setting. Strong understanding of safeguarding legislation and guidance, including the Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989/2004, and Working Together to Safeguard Children. Additional Requirements: Full driving license required as travel is essential. Ability to travel locally to attend meetings and home visits as necessary. What can we offer you? Be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can really make a difference, we could be a perfect match. Holiday entitlement 33 days holiday, including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time) Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5 who join directly from the NHS or another hospice Ability to buy and sell annual leave Pension scheme NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme* Non-NHS employees will receive 5.5% employer and 5% employee contribution. Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering: Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations as well as Expert Case Management Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance Counselling and support Legal, financial, and medical information and advice And more… Life assurance cover Health Cash Plans Blue Light Discount Card Enhanced parental leave* Excellent learning and development opportunities Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton Volunteering and fundraising opportunities *Eligibility criteria applies Meet the Supportive Care Team If you want to visit the Hospice, meet the team, or arrange a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just reach out to Zoe Capon at Zoe.Capon@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk Additional Information We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there's anything you want to talk about before you apply. For any questions about our recruitment process, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk. We are currently managing the recruitment process in-house and kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us with candidates for this role. Unfortunately, we cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time. If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you! Closing date: 15th July 2025 We would love the opportunity to interview candidates before the closing date and may close the advert early for the right person.