Overview
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Hospital Discharge Team to work Full Time based in Wandsworth.
Salary: up to £52,627 per annum.
Responsibilities
* To engage and fully participate in supervision and to apply critical reflection and analysis to inform professional decisions. To ensure risks are discussed with your line manager to gain direction, advice and support with practice.
* To effectively manage a reasonable caseload appropriate to the level of experience and to maintain adequate throughput of work. To discuss any challenges with caseload management with your line manager in a timely way to access any necessary support with prioritisation.
* To be professionally curious when undertaking effective assessments of individual and carer needs and risks within statutory frameworks, using a strengths-based, person-centred approach to ensure they are focused on outcomes.
* To work directly in partnership with residents, their families and carers to enable them to maintain their independence and wellbeing, cope with change, attain outcomes they want and need, understand and manage risk, and participate in the life of their communities.
* To provide advice and information to residents and carers ensuring that the assessment, care and support plans, information about charging and other information regarding service provision is communicated in a timely way.
* To monitor implementation of packages of care and ensure support plans, including funding arrangements for any services, are thoroughly reviewed to meet needs and risks in accordance with statutory requirements and Council policy and deliver highest quality of service and best value.
* To take responsibility for consistent, accurate, clear, and timely case recording. To ensure that confidentiality is maintained, and that information is shared with resident, service providers and others agencies (health) in accordance with the Department's data protection and information sharing requirements.
* To hold a caseload of higher-level complexity and to be able to conduct legally compliant assessments in a wide range of challenging contexts, cope with difficult conversations and be highly resilient.
* To advise and support managers on the relevant matters affecting the service and to contribute as required to change programmes within the service.
* To work in ways that develops good working relations and collaborative arrangements with internal and external stakeholders.
* Payment of Social Work England registration fee.
* Performance related salary progression scheme.
* 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays (40 paid days in total).
* Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision.
* Bespoke Personal Development Plans.
* Amazing fully funded training opportunities and career pathways including - Practice Educator; Leadership and Management; Best Interest Assessor; Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP); Social Work Apprenticeships; Coaching and Mentoring; and Adults Safeguarding at Risk.
* Access to Research in Practice membership and Institute of Leadership and Management resources.
* Flexibility for a better work-life balance; we accommodate flexible working. Please indicate in your application if this is something you'd like to explore.
Qualifications
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Substantial post-qualification experience of working in a statutory social care or health setting undertaking effective social care assessments and reviews and developing care and support plans that deliver personalised, integrated care and support that helps people to maintain their independence and attain the outcomes they want.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact
This Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
Equal Opportunity and Inclusion
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their role. Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). We undertake annual online training on EDI and other compliance topics.
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