Palliative Care Social Worker

3 weeks ago

Ashford, United Kingdom Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent Full time

Job summary

Do you have a Social Worker background in Palliative Care?

Are you passionate about supporting and empowering patients to live well until their very last moment in their life?

Through holistic needs assessment Providing individually planned care informed by patient wishes Supporting patients and their families/carers to have open and honest conversations about their wishes for end of life care

If so, then the role of Social Worker at Pilgrims Hospices may be just the job for you

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims Hospices provides end-of-life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking well-motivated and forward thinking professionals to join our multi-disciplinary team, in supporting patients across east a member of the wider clinical team, the successful candidate will be involved in assessing and developing appropriate plans of intervention and support for patients and their families, acting as a resource in providing advice on active palliative care management.

Key duties include :

Being responsible for social, psychological and practical aspects of patient and family care, in respect of all patients under the care of the hospice both in the hospice and in community setting Recognising and appropriately responding to changes in patients conditions Acting as an independent prescriber Actively contributing to service development Being involved in the supervision and education of other health professionals Undertaking evidence based projects and audit Making recommendations for the development of and changes to working practices and processes as required

About us

Our Vision

We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our Vision and our organisational and charitable aims.

To achieve our Vision , we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form our CODE , which guides us in our daily working and decision making:

Compassionate We treat everyone with compassion and care

Open We communicate openly, honestly and effectively

Dynamic We are dynamic, improving and developing our service

Empowered We empower people to achieve their outcomes

Our hospices offer:

Modern, friendly and highly professional working environments Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning (upon successful completion the post holder will move to a Band 6 role) Alignment with NHS pay rates and continuity in membership of the NHS pension scheme A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause A sense of wellbeing A good work-life balance Locations across well-populated areas of east Kent all providing very good road and rail links NHS and financial discounts Blue Light Card Free hospice parking

If you think this is your ideal role and want to join us and contribute to providing high quality patient care and support to those at the end of their life, then we would love to hear from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

A Patient / Family Support

Completeholistic assessment of family circumstances, social and emotional issuesrelating to patients, families and carers, providing focussed input to addresscomplex psychosocial needs

Co-ordinateand facilitate arrangements and assessments for patients discharge plans and care needs as appropriate, including Continuing Care and Local Authorityassessments where required

Supportpatients and their families regarding welfare right entitlements. Provide advocacy and support in complexcircumstances and referral to specialist welfare benefit services asappropriate

Providesupport to families with the adjustment needs of children and when necessarythe planning of their future care in collaboration with external agencies such asLocal Authority Childrens Services and specialist childrens support services

Coordinateand facilitate carers support services, undertaking carer needs assessment andbereavement risk assessment where required

Provideindividual and group bereavement support where required in collaboration withwider psychosocial team

Keepup to date records in compliance with GDPR legislation and in support of organisationalQuality & Governance reporting

Keepup-to-date with changes in relevant health & social care policy/legislation/guidance and contribute to development of practice and processes in response tochanges

B Multi-DisciplinaryWorking

Workcollaboratively with MD colleagues towards meeting the psychosocial and futurecare planning needs of the patients, families and carers in the context ofpalliative care

Providesupport and guidance to the MDT with regard to Safeguarding and Mental CapacityAct including Best Interest Decision Making and DoLS

Participatefully in MDT meetings contributing to discussions regarding the social andpsychological needs of patients/carers/bereaved

Contributeto the induction of MDT colleagues and provide shadowing opportunities tocolleagues from other agencies

Participatein the teaching activities of the Hospice in collaboration with the HospiceEducation Department

Atthe discretion of the Lead Social Worker support social work student placementsand supervision in collaboration and within the requirements of local trainingproviders and any trained practice educators within Pilgrims

C Other

SocialWorkers will adhere to the appropriate professional code of practice

SocialWorkers will receive regular six-weekly professional supervision

Thepost holder will assist the organisation to maintain its services as detailedin the Statement of Purpose

Assistwith the development of hospice philosophy and play a part in furtherdevelopments in the work of the Pilgrims Hospices, research initiative andservice evaluations

Interfacewith the acute and primary psychosocial areas of care

MaintainCPD in line with registration requirements and keep up to date with Statutoryand Mandatory training requirements

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate qualification, CQSW or , Social Work degree; Registration with SWE; Up-to-date knowledge of health & social care legislation including Safeguarding guidance and procedures; Knowledge of relevant theories and evidence base to inform and support best practice; An understanding of hospice and palliative care philosophy; Knowledge and understanding of equality & diversity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.

Desirable

Previous palliative care experience; Group work experience.

Experience

Essential

Experience in multidisciplinary team working or the ability to adapt to multidisciplinary team and collaborative working; Previous palliative care experience; Group work experience; Experience of working with inter-generational families to assess and support a variety of needs that may be conflicting; Excellent communication skills with both service users and colleagues from internal/external services; Ability to facilitate and mediate difficult and emotional conversations; Confidence to professionally challenge and advocate for patients and families; Ability to be creative to promote best outcomes for individuals; Experience in supporting bereavement and multiple losses.

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