Band 7 Senior Social Workers

7 months ago


Luton, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Discharge Hub in Bedford and Luton for x2 Band 7 Social Worker, to take the lead as a Discharge Coordinator lead. The posts are 2 years fixed term.

The Discharge Hub is a newly developed service designed to support and assess adults who are experiencing a wider range of mental health difficulties to be discharged from In
- patient assessment wards, but also all adults who have been admitted into General hospital and need support to be discharged.

The Hub is based across Bedford and Luton and may cover some out of area hospitals if there are Bedford and Luton patients who need support for discharge. The Team will have close connections to the ward working within a rich multi-disciplinary team on the wards and in close partnership with Local Authorities and ICB.

To work as a member of the Discharge Hub representing a social work perspective to all adults experiencing mental health difficulties.

The Discharge Hub Lead will be a champion of the social model of intervention within the discharge process from Acute Inpatient Wards and General hospital Wards and will ensure that social factors contributing towards the mental health difficulties are recognised and addressed as far as possible.

Social Workers are expected to work in partnership with service users and carers, identifying and utilising strengths and working closely with other agencies and voluntary groups to ensure good outcomes which, as far as possible, maintain independence. Social Workers will have a good working knowledge of The Care Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act/DOLS and other social care legislation. Within the team it is vital that Social Workers maintain a social perspective to their work and promote social care issues within the team.

To offer expert advice and guidance to the team on adult safeguarding issues, including writing reports and representing/supporting conferences and other relevant meetings.

As a supervisory role the Discharge Coordinator Lead will be responsible for supporting and managing the Discharge Hub Social workers, supporting and leading complex discharge planning case work and liaising with the wider system.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile


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