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Social Worker - Hospital Discharge
| Posting date: | 27 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,035 to £40,476 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 March 2025 |
| Location: | Chester, Cheshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3818 |
Summary
We are seeking six new social workers to join our Hospital Discharge team, either on a permanent or temporary basis. The positions are based council wide and if successful you will be working at both hospitals and council offices.
These roles cover any Cheshire West resident needing discharge support to leave hospital. However, we work with our team to consider preferred locations to maximise their time and use of skills. You will work hand in hand with medics, therapy, nursing & reablement teams all focused with the same goals of completing personalised holistic assessment to support patients home safely and without delay. It is an opportunity to celebrate your social work value base and ensure that the voice of the individual and their carers are acknowledged and form the basis of any discharge plan.
As a Social Worker in the team, you would have the following responsibilities.
• Be person centred and reinforce a patient's choice and control.
• Promote a patient's well-being throughout their journey in the acute and community setting.
• Provide Strength Based Assessments and independence.
• Complete Care Act 2014 compliant assessment.
• Guide and support colleagues less experienced in social care processes.
• Knowledge related legislation, policy, and frameworks.
• Experience of Safeguarding processes and procedures.
• Complete mental capacity assessment and best interest processes for patients unable to make specific decision.
• Knowledge of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
• Attend MDT's, professionals' meetings, discharge planning meetings and best interests' meetings as may be required.
Our values are important to all of us, we live and breathe them, and they shape how we work together to create positive environments where both colleagues and people who use our services can be inspired to reach their potential. If you share our values and commitment, then you’re our kind of person.
We are looking for dedicated and highly motivated team players to join us as Social Workers working in line with the Care Act 2014. Our Social Workers play a critical role in supporting people to develop creative and innovative solutions to meet the outcomes they want to achieve.
You will have the opportunity to;
• Work in a forward-thinking Council and within teams that have clear, shared values
• Work with local people to understand their care and support needs and help to identify options available to them
• Be pivotal to ensuring people are connected to the support services and community assets they need to live great lives.
• Receive great support from our proactive and knowledgeable management team
• Enhance your legal literacy and work closely with our great legal support services
• Develop and progress in your career through training and development opportunities in a variety of pathways: we meet the cost of your professional registration fee as standard.
You will have:
• CQSW/CSS/Diploma/Degree in Social Work or equivalent (Essential)
• Social Work England Registration (Essential)
• Be required to undertake an enhanced DBS plus Adults Barred List (Essential)
• Statutory and policy base of Social Work (Essential)
• Appreciation of recent developments in service provision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, carers and families.
• Ability to cope positively with change and an ability to promote positive changes to make a difference.
• Awareness of importance of multi-disciplinary working and an integrated approach.
• Ability to carry out assessment and support planning in line with relevant legislation.
• You are confident, energetic and enthusiastic as well as sensitive and resilient.
• Self-motivating individual with the passion to make a difference in adult social care.
• Resilient personal stress management.
This is a hybrid post which means working in one of our Council offices in locations across the borough as well as the opportunity to work from home where suitable. You will have access to a huge range of benefits including discounts on:
• High street and supermarket shopping
• Gym membership
• Holidays
• Days out
• Cinemas
• Childcare vouchers
• Cash back scheme on any medical treatment that you may require via Medicash
• Car lease scheme (Brand new fully maintained and insured car for 3 years in return for a fixed monthly payment via salary sacrifice)
• Cycle Scheme (Save up to £320 on the cost of a brand-new bike and equipment)
We also offer:
• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday allowance of 26 days (pro rata), increasing to 31 days after five years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase extra leave and access bank holidays.
• An excellent career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 22.3%. (Employer contributions elsewhere are typically 3%)
• The opportunity to develop your skills and career.
• Rewards and Recognition for going above and beyond such as additional annual leave and shopping vouchers.
• Supportive team and culture
• Opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional annual leave.
• An Employee Assistance Programme, which offers free 24/7 confidential assistance, practical information, and emotional support.
For further information, please contact ascrecruitment@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Please note that we reserve the right to withdraw this advert should sufficient applications be received.
These roles cover any Cheshire West resident needing discharge support to leave hospital. However, we work with our team to consider preferred locations to maximise their time and use of skills. You will work hand in hand with medics, therapy, nursing & reablement teams all focused with the same goals of completing personalised holistic assessment to support patients home safely and without delay. It is an opportunity to celebrate your social work value base and ensure that the voice of the individual and their carers are acknowledged and form the basis of any discharge plan.
As a Social Worker in the team, you would have the following responsibilities.
• Be person centred and reinforce a patient's choice and control.
• Promote a patient's well-being throughout their journey in the acute and community setting.
• Provide Strength Based Assessments and independence.
• Complete Care Act 2014 compliant assessment.
• Guide and support colleagues less experienced in social care processes.
• Knowledge related legislation, policy, and frameworks.
• Experience of Safeguarding processes and procedures.
• Complete mental capacity assessment and best interest processes for patients unable to make specific decision.
• Knowledge of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
• Attend MDT's, professionals' meetings, discharge planning meetings and best interests' meetings as may be required.
Our values are important to all of us, we live and breathe them, and they shape how we work together to create positive environments where both colleagues and people who use our services can be inspired to reach their potential. If you share our values and commitment, then you’re our kind of person.
We are looking for dedicated and highly motivated team players to join us as Social Workers working in line with the Care Act 2014. Our Social Workers play a critical role in supporting people to develop creative and innovative solutions to meet the outcomes they want to achieve.
You will have the opportunity to;
• Work in a forward-thinking Council and within teams that have clear, shared values
• Work with local people to understand their care and support needs and help to identify options available to them
• Be pivotal to ensuring people are connected to the support services and community assets they need to live great lives.
• Receive great support from our proactive and knowledgeable management team
• Enhance your legal literacy and work closely with our great legal support services
• Develop and progress in your career through training and development opportunities in a variety of pathways: we meet the cost of your professional registration fee as standard.
You will have:
• CQSW/CSS/Diploma/Degree in Social Work or equivalent (Essential)
• Social Work England Registration (Essential)
• Be required to undertake an enhanced DBS plus Adults Barred List (Essential)
• Statutory and policy base of Social Work (Essential)
• Appreciation of recent developments in service provision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, carers and families.
• Ability to cope positively with change and an ability to promote positive changes to make a difference.
• Awareness of importance of multi-disciplinary working and an integrated approach.
• Ability to carry out assessment and support planning in line with relevant legislation.
• You are confident, energetic and enthusiastic as well as sensitive and resilient.
• Self-motivating individual with the passion to make a difference in adult social care.
• Resilient personal stress management.
This is a hybrid post which means working in one of our Council offices in locations across the borough as well as the opportunity to work from home where suitable. You will have access to a huge range of benefits including discounts on:
• High street and supermarket shopping
• Gym membership
• Holidays
• Days out
• Cinemas
• Childcare vouchers
• Cash back scheme on any medical treatment that you may require via Medicash
• Car lease scheme (Brand new fully maintained and insured car for 3 years in return for a fixed monthly payment via salary sacrifice)
• Cycle Scheme (Save up to £320 on the cost of a brand-new bike and equipment)
We also offer:
• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday allowance of 26 days (pro rata), increasing to 31 days after five years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase extra leave and access bank holidays.
• An excellent career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 22.3%. (Employer contributions elsewhere are typically 3%)
• The opportunity to develop your skills and career.
• Rewards and Recognition for going above and beyond such as additional annual leave and shopping vouchers.
• Supportive team and culture
• Opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional annual leave.
• An Employee Assistance Programme, which offers free 24/7 confidential assistance, practical information, and emotional support.
For further information, please contact ascrecruitment@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Please note that we reserve the right to withdraw this advert should sufficient applications be received.
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