This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that expires on 10/07/2025 23:59.
The Vacancy
* Do you have experience of working alongside social workers?
* Do you have an interest in supporting people in advanced stages of illness, their carers and families?
* Are you passionate about reducing inequalities and maximising quality of life for the people you work with?
If so, this role in our palliative care social work team could be for you.
About the role:
The Social Work Team works alongside patients, families and carers who need palliative social work support. The role requires working with patients in the inpatient unit and community settings, including patient’s homes.
The team works collaboratively with families and carers, community nursing teams, wider hospice services and external organisations to support people in the advanced stages of illness to access the support they need and plan for the future.
The successful candidate will join a friendly and professional team who make areal difference to patients and their families at the most challenging time. This role allows the time to build trusting relationships and the opportunity to support in creative ways.
About the person:
You will manage your own caseload, therefore the ability to work independently is essential.
We are looking for someone who can support patients, families and carers with sensitivity and compassion.
You will have experience of working with people approaching the end of their life in a health or social care service
You must have a clean driving licence and access to a car as we work across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset.
Key responsibilities:
* Manage own caseload
* Ability to work independently
* Assess and plan support, joint working with a qualified social worker where appropriate
* Multi-disciplinary team working
What we can offer you:
* Joining a friendly, supportive and experienced team
* Thorough induction and excellent professional development opportunities
* Salary from £27,061 up to £29,696annum (FTE), dependent on experience
* Tuesday-Friday 7.5 hours per day but open fordiscussion
* Type of position: Permanent
For more information, please view the job descriptionlocated at end of this page or contact:
You must have a clean driving licence and access to a car.
Due to the nature of the work involved, this role is exempt from the ROA and thejobholderwill berequired to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
We will also require a vaccination history or evidence of immunity.
We will be screening and offering interviews as we receive applications and therefore strongly encourage applications as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK before they apply for a vacancy and be able to provide evidence of this
About Us
We’ve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace, and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise, we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.
We’re here for the people around our patients too – those closest to them. Before, during and after a bereavement, we provide support that’s remembered forever.
We think it’s that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peter’s. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. We’re not exaggerating when we say that we couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really can’t thank them enough.
We want to help many more people to die well. And we’re doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence, we share our skills with other health professionals, helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care.
We’re here for all, for free, forever.
The Benefits
If you join our clinical team, we offer NHS Agenda for Change benefits such as:
* Generous holiday entitlement and recognition for previous NHS service (up to 33 days for 10 years' service)
* Continuation in the NHS pension scheme for existing members
* Recognition of previous NHS service for sick pay
There are many benefits to working at St Peter’s including:
* 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays pro rata. This increases the longer you’re with us
* Pension, with employer matched contributions up to 6%
Equity and Diversity
We want our teams to reflect the diversity of our community – and we want everyone to feel that they belong. That’s why we’ve joined ENEI: Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. This is a UK based, not-for-profit organisation that helps employers build and maintain diverse teams and inclusive cultures. We’re really pleased to have ENEI supporting us on our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion journey.
Just as we offer care to all, we welcome applications from everyone. We want to hear from you regardless of your age, disability, religion or belief, sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
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