SOCIAL WORKER
| Posting date: | 07 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £36,971 to £43,792 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £36971 - £43792 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM4 1QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0483-237 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: SOCIAL WORKER. GRADE: Band 6a. HOURS OF DUTY: 37.5 per week or Job Share. REPORTS TO: Family and Individual Support Services Manager. KEY RELATIONSHIPS:Family & Individual Support Services Manager.Family & Individual Team Members and wider MDT. RESPONSIBLE FOR:This role does not have line management responsibility. JOB SUMMARY: To provide high quality palliative social work care (including bereavement support) to people under the care of the hospice, their families and carers. To provide advice, education and support to the wider multi-professional hospice team in respect of psycho-social issues. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide palliative social work care to people under the care of Saint Francis Hospice, their families and their carers. To support other members of the Family & Individual Support Services team in their roles. To participate in the hospices educational programmes. To contribute to local, regional and national networks and forums for palliative care social work. To promote the key values of palliative care for people under the care of the hospice, their families and carers, ensuring equitable access to social work, psychological and bereavement services. To be a Safeguarding Lead for the organisation. To undertake specific Safeguarding training to ensure current legislation is adhered to. To be a member of the Safeguarding Management team and to ensure updated legislation is shared within the group. To facilitate and maintain the highest standard of psycho-social support at all times. To be responsible for co-ordination and facilitation of group work opportunities for people under the care of the hospice, their families and carers. To be responsible for facilitating and co-ordinating outreach sessions for carers off-site. To be responsible for providing Carers Assessments on-site. To ensure provision of high-level emotional support/counselling is available for people under the care of the hospice, their families and carers. To work collaboratively with the psychotherapist/psychologist in order to provide seamless psychological and psycho-social support to people under the care of the hospice, their families and carers. To have an understanding of the importance of multi-professional team-working and the ability to promote it within the organisation. To have an understanding and awareness of behaviours and interpersonal skills that are vital to effective team working and practice them at all times. To ensure that people under the care of the hospice and their carers know how to access the social care, psychology and bereavement services and all Hospice services as appropriate. To be part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team and attend all relevant meetings where required and as necessary. Responsible for the organisation and facilitation of the Carers Drop In sessions. To maintain the highest standards of clinical recording keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing in accordance with professional standards and current legislation. To be responsible for providing Supervision/support to other Social Workers within the team as required To have working knowledge of the service budget and its restrictions To utilise Restricted Funds as appropriate. COMMUNICATIONS To liaise with other professionals/external organisations on behalf of the hospice as appropriate. To liaise with the community social care teams and other professionals to provide and improve palliative care for people in the community in order to meet the needs of the person, their families and carers. To liaise with all other services where relevant to ensure that the care needs of the person under the care of the hospice, their families and carers are met. To be involved and provide liaison regarding Hospice Ward discharges. To be responsible for chairing and recording of Family Meetings with the Hospice Ward staff and outside agencies, as appropriate. To contribute to the development of an open, supportive culture that facilitates effective multi-professional team working. Contribute to the development of a system for effective multi-professional meetings and exchange of information. To act as an ambassador for the hospice at functions, as required. To assist in tasks that affect the whole hospice, for example, designing of hospice information leaflets, as required. To represent the Family & Individual Support Services Department as appropriate, both internally and externally. To contribute to local, regional and national networks/forums for Specialist Palliative Care within the Social Work role. EDUCATION Participate in the hospice in-house educational programmes and the core Induction and training of other professionals and volunteers. Teaching as part of the hospice educational programmes for external and internal participants. To be responsible for facilitation and delivery of effective training sessions for Social Work students undertaking their professional training at local colleges. Act as a resource for members of other hospice and Palliative Care Family & Individual Support teams. To participate in research, audit and evaluation of the Social Work function of the hospice. Participate in setting and monitoring of standards within the Family & Individual Support services. To be responsible for providing and sourcing current financial and services information to people under the care of the hospice, their families and carers. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES To take responsibility for own professional and personal development which will be monitored in supervision sessions and in Appraisal. To maintain current registration with the SW England at all times and to work within the SW England Professional Standards.