Senior Social Work Practitioner

☞ UCLH

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Update day: 18-05-2024

Location: London

Category: Finance / Bank / Stock Fashion / Lifestyle Social Work / Community Services

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Job type: Full-time

Salary: £49,036 - £55,049 a year

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • To be accountable for the delivery of the Social Work service on the NRU ensuring the delivery of an effective and co-ordinated admission to discharge service for patients.
  • To ensure that the agreed quality standards of service, based on professional guidelines and competencies are maintained by the SW and the Social Work Assistant.
  • To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own professional practice.
  • To provide a comprehensive assessment of individual patients in need and their carers, including those in highly complex situations, in conjunction with the MDT.
  • To intervene and provide services to achieve change, through provision or purchase of appropriate levels of support and care.
  • To take the lead role in managing complex patient discharges, co-ordinating the MDT and external organizations to ensure that the appropriate accommodation, care and financial resources have been arranged.
  • To arrange and chair case review and/or discharge planning meetings with patients, their support network, relevant MDT members and outside agencies as appropriate.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • CQSW, Degree in Social Work

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 4 years working post qualification experience
  • Sound working knowledge of care management and Care Act 2014
  • Experience of working with patients with complex needs
Desirable criteria
  • Neurorehabilitation experience in a hospital or community setting
  • Experience of working with a diversity of client groups
  • Experience of working with a diversity of client groups

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work autonomously and unsupervised
  • Ability to manage time effectively and prioritise own work load
  • An understanding of multidisciplinary issues and an ability to work efficiently and effectively in a multidisciplinary team
  • An understanding of multidisciplinary issues and an ability to work efficiently and effectively in a multidisciplinary team
  • An understanding of multidisciplinary issues and an ability to work efficiently and effectively in a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to provide an advocacy service to patients and their carers
  • Ability to negotiate with external agencies in order to meet identified needs of the patient
  • Ability to negotiate with external agencies in order to meet identified needs of the patient
  • Ability to work towards timescales to ensure that patient discharge targets are achieved
  • Effective written skills including documentation an report writing
  • An understanding of chronic disability
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of clinical governance
  • Demonstrate a commitment to evidence based practice
  • Demonstrate a commitment to professional development of self
  • Ability to take on keyworker role
  • Competent IT skills
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of neurology and neurorehabilitation
  • Knowledge of relevant national issues in relation to the NHS

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to show empathy and sensitivity to patients and their families including those with complex neuro disability and cognitive impairment
  • Able to cope personally with frequent emotionally distressing situations
  • Able to work flexibly depending on the demands of the service
  • Able to communicate effectively both written and verbally with patients, families, carers, staff and external agencies

Other requirements

Essential criteria
  • Occupational Health clearance
  • Awareness of Equal opportunities
Desirable criteria
  • Completing complex benefit, housing and grant applications

We are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation or is disadvantaged by requirements that cannot be justified.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage’s staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor’s contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Deadline: 02-07-2024

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