Mental Health – Integrated Discharge Team Social Worker
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 Per annum incl. HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW10 7NS |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7314441/333-J-UC-0030 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will work in a targeted way to achieve the best pathway out of hospital, maximizing independence and choice for the individual and working in a solution focused way to ensure that once ready, there are no barriers in place to effect patients discharge’s. The post holder will use the strengths based social model of care when carrying out their duties with a home first as standard practice and all other pathway being discussed as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• The post holder will coordinate the DTOC (and pre-DTOC) list for the Borough and attend the weekly DTOC meeting as a matter of routine to update on progress and highlight any potential blocks that they have been unable to resolve
• Using strengths based social work practice to manage a specific caseload of individuals who are inpatients and patients on HTT caseload and have potential barriers to discharge identified early on, in their inpatient stay or admission to HTT. Pre-empt and resolve arising barriers to discharge and length of stay.
• Ensure that patient care is provided in the most appropriate care setting to ensure effective and efficient treatment and that there is a clear and robust discharge plan. This will involve attendance on wards for specific discussions including White Board meetings, CPA meetings and s117 discharge planning meetings.
• Attend the weekly bed management meetings and take an active role in challenging delays in discharge
• Develop positive working relationships with key stakeholders, including local commissioners (health & local authority)
• To develop effective relationships with housing providers, tenancy support teams and benefit agencies specific to the Borough.
• Kindly see attached Job Description & Person Specification for more details on the main duties
CNWL Transfer of Care Hub is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of integrated discharge support and planning to the diverse and multicultural population across NCL. In addition, we also have services within University College Hospital and St Pancras Hospital.
The service is committed to partnership working. Our main partners are acute care services, social care and the community and voluntary sectors.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please read the attached documents for detailed job description and person specification.
This job description is indicative only and the role will be reviewed as part of the Personal Development Review process to take account of changing needs/ development of the service.
To meet the evolving needs of the organisation, you may also be required to provide cover in other areas following appropriate discussion.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025
The post holder will work in a targeted way to achieve the best pathway out of hospital, maximizing independence and choice for the individual and working in a solution focused way to ensure that once ready, there are no barriers in place to effect patients discharge’s. The post holder will use the strengths based social model of care when carrying out their duties with a home first as standard practice and all other pathway being discussed as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• The post holder will coordinate the DTOC (and pre-DTOC) list for the Borough and attend the weekly DTOC meeting as a matter of routine to update on progress and highlight any potential blocks that they have been unable to resolve
• Using strengths based social work practice to manage a specific caseload of individuals who are inpatients and patients on HTT caseload and have potential barriers to discharge identified early on, in their inpatient stay or admission to HTT. Pre-empt and resolve arising barriers to discharge and length of stay.
• Ensure that patient care is provided in the most appropriate care setting to ensure effective and efficient treatment and that there is a clear and robust discharge plan. This will involve attendance on wards for specific discussions including White Board meetings, CPA meetings and s117 discharge planning meetings.
• Attend the weekly bed management meetings and take an active role in challenging delays in discharge
• Develop positive working relationships with key stakeholders, including local commissioners (health & local authority)
• To develop effective relationships with housing providers, tenancy support teams and benefit agencies specific to the Borough.
• Kindly see attached Job Description & Person Specification for more details on the main duties
CNWL Transfer of Care Hub is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of integrated discharge support and planning to the diverse and multicultural population across NCL. In addition, we also have services within University College Hospital and St Pancras Hospital.
The service is committed to partnership working. Our main partners are acute care services, social care and the community and voluntary sectors.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please read the attached documents for detailed job description and person specification.
This job description is indicative only and the role will be reviewed as part of the Personal Development Review process to take account of changing needs/ development of the service.
To meet the evolving needs of the organisation, you may also be required to provide cover in other areas following appropriate discussion.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025
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