Social Worker – Hospital Social Work Team

What’s involved with this role:

Interim Social Worker – Hospital Social Work Team

Job Ref: Barnsley 0009 8228 / 1

Pay Rate: £20.85 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

Role Length: This opening assignment is for 4 months

City: BARNSLEY

Enhanced DBS disclosure required

It is hybrid working but they need someone to be able to respond to urgent requests to visit anywhere in the borough. They work with a combination of home working, office based and hospital based.

Require someone who can be local to the area and who can work agile, but be available at short notice to go out and complete the assessments etc.

The ideal candidates will have a good understanding of the current Discharge to Assess Process in relation to assessing / supporting people when they leave hospital. It is essential that you have experience of working collaboratively with health colleagues, as the role does entail working in partnership with health in various different acute and intermediate care settings. You will be responsible for the completion of Care Act and Mental Capacity Assessments, alongside best interest decision making. Your role will include undertaking safeguarding investigations, so knowledge of the safeguarding process is essential. As part of this role, you will have significant input in complex discharge planning with health colleagues, but also to ensure the right pathways are achieved for the individual and a strengths-based approach is promoted as standard.

Qualifications:

Social Work qualified
HCPC Registered

Knowledge:

Demonstrate a sound working knowledge of Adult Social Care legislation and practice.
Sound knowledge and confidence of the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Human Rights Act 1998.

Experience:

Relevant experience of working with adults in the community and/or hospital settings.
At least 12 months experience post newly qualified social worker status
Working across a range of agencies and understanding their roles.

Skills & Abilities:

Skills in undertaking strength-based assessments
Interpersonal skills to negotiate with others.
Excellent communication skills with a wide range of people and mediums.
Good team and collaborative working skills.
Effective organisational skills and ability to set priorities.
Ability to understand budget management principles.
Ability to manage workload and make sound decisions even when under pressure.
Ability to chair meetings.
Ability to use the electronic client recording system and able to use mobile working tools
Ability to undertake safeguarding enquiries
Ability to use the Mental Capacity Act (2005) to determine an adult’s capacity and to consider making best interest decisions where appropriate
Ability to listen and work with adults in a person centred approach.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.

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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.

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Job Ref: Barnsley 0009 8228 / 1

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