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The Hospital Discharge Social Work Team have a new opening for a permanent social worker to join our team.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Social Work Practitioners who may wish to further develop their Social Work knowledge and practice within the University Health and Social Care Partnership.
Role and responsibilities include working with Adults and Older People requiring assistance with support planning to discharge from hospital. You will be working within the Social Work Hospital Discharge Team and collaboratively with Supported People, their families and Carers, and the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team within the acute Hospital setting and within the community setting where complex discharge from hospital requires reviewed.
The role involves gathering information for and completion of assessments, and practitioners require to be skilled and competent in relation to recognising, understanding, assessing, and managing risk related to working with vulnerable adults.
Work further encompasses Adult Support and Protection and Adults with Incapacity legislative duties, training available where required, attending MDTs and facilitating discharge referrals.
If you are interested in applying for this post and have further questions please contact Jordan Leckie, Operations Manager via email on: prior to the post closing date.
Hours: 35 per week
Vacancy: Permanent
Salary: £40, - £46,
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1. Please study the job profile and detail your experience of providing an assessment and care management service. Please include information relating to where this has involved a statutory duty such as child protection or adult support and protection or criminal justice.
2. Please summarise your previous experience in the care and welfare of social work.
3. Describe how you would remain flexible in your approach when you have competing demands?
4. This role involves working as part of a wider team delivering both individual and partnership outcomes. Please provide an example of a time when you worked as part of a team to complete a task within a Social Work environment.
5. Please summarise your skills and experience pertaining to multi-disciplinary working arrangements.
Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.
Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.
Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.
Legislative Information
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .
This post is considered a Regulated Role working with adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act,. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with adults.