Social Worker
1 week ago
**Social Worker**
**Job Type**:Full Time, Permanent 37 hours per week
**Salary**:N7 £30,095 - £33,486 per annum (unprogressed) and N8 £34,373 - £38,553 per annum (progressed)
**Location**:Newcastle upon Tyne
Post-Discharge Social Worker (Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital)
- 3 posts (1 x Freeman Hospital, 2 x RVI)
- N7 £30,095 - £33,486 per annum (unprogressed)
- N8 £34,373 - £38,553 per annum (progressed)
**The Role**
As our clients post-discharge team continues to evolve, they want to recruit 3 social workers to work on a time-limited basis with people who have recently been discharged from hospital.
This an exciting role where every single day is different. You will visit people in their own homes, or in care homes. To promote professional skills development, and support colleagues, there is the opportunity for some work on hospital wards, helping peopleto get home or where they need to be.
You will carry out safeguarding adult enquiries, use your skills in assessing mental capacity and participate in the consideration process for NHS Continuing Healthcare when needed.
The Freeman Hospital and RVI social work teams are extremely supportive and are an environment where hard-working and motivated social workers can flourish. Workers receive regular support and supervision from experienced social work team managers who are committedto professional development and staff welfare.
**Benefits**:
- Short-term casework
- Generous annual leave in addition to bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave
- Access to a flexible working scheme between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm by negotiation (depending on operational requirements)
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
- Access to vehicle leasing scheme
- Combination of home-based and office working based at the Freeman Hospital, with IT equipment and mobile phone for work duties provided
- Parking permit for hospital site
- A progression pathway in partnership with local university
**About you**:
- You will be a qualified social work practitioner who has an interest in and an understanding of work in both hospital and community settings.
- You must have a relevant social work qualification such as a Degree in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW, or CSS, or equivalent, and must have current Social Work England registration
- You will be adept at devising cost-effective and robust support that maximises the chance of a person’s recovery from a period of ill health.
- You will value people’s rights and independence and want to enable them to solve problems they are experiencing but you will know how to protect and support people at times of vulnerability.
- You will be a confident verbal and written communicator who is self-motivated, efficient and able to work at pace.
- You will have experience of multi-disciplinary working and a drive to working collaboratively and supportively.
- You will have a strong commitment to professional responsibility in your practice.
- You will be thorough and possess an eye for detail.
**To Apply**
As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage, even if you indicate otherwise._
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