Senior Palliative Care Social Worker

3 weeks ago

Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom Finegreen Full time
About the Role

Finegreen is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Qualified Social Worker to join our team in supporting a local hospice that provides compassionate palliative care and support to patients and their families.

The hospice has expanded its service provision in recent years, working more in the community and providing hospice-based care. We are looking for a candidate who has worked in similar settings and can complement our existing team.

The ideal candidate will have current registration as a Qualified Social Worker in the UK, professional experience of external Social Care systems and pathways, and knowledge of relevant legislation and best practice relating to safeguarding patient/client safety.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop strategies for identifying patients and family members who may benefit from support, signposting, information or advice of a Social Worker
  • Triage referrals into the service, undertake assessments of needs and allocate to appropriate support including referral to specialist services where additional mental health or other needs are identified
  • Work collaboratively with other agencies and services to ensure a clear pathway for referral and signposting is in place to ensure patients and their families access the most appropriate service for their level of need
  • Attend in-house weekly IPU and FSS MDTs, and other in-house and community-based specialist palliative care multi-disciplinary team meetings when required
  • Support the Family Support Service Manager in the update and debrief of FSS Spiritual Care Volunteers visiting weekly on IPU, to maintain and support a structure and process for the supervision of volunteers according to their level of skill and experience
  • Assist in planning and implementing systems for evaluation, monitoring and development of the role of the social worker in supporting patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families/carers
  • Ensure effective and compassionate client safety, underpinned by a culture of openness and transparency and continuous learning and improvement
  • Maintain a defined caseload including triage of referrals in to FSS, assessments, ongoing client work, and Supportive Calls work, as agreed with the Family Support Services Manager

Requirements:

  • Current registration as a Qualified Social Worker in the UK
  • Professional experience of external Social Care systems and pathways, and how and where to signpost to external services
  • Knowledge of legislation & national guidance in relation to social work and how this is applied to best support issues faced by patients and families in end of life care and bereavement care
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and best practice relating to safeguarding patient/client safety, safeguarding adults at risk, mental capacity and deprivation of liberty safeguards, human rights, mental capacity and the Children's Act
  • Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary professional team

If you are interested in this role, please contact Donna Larder or send your CV to the provided URL.

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