Adults Social Worker - Royal Surrey County Hospital

Job Description

The salary for this role is £40,929 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.We are excited to be recruiting a Social Worker to join our fantastic Royal Surrey Hospital team. The team is based in Guildford and covers the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Milford and Haslemere Hospitals. We are a friendly team with a strong emphasis onpromoting personal and professional development and progression.We have permanent and fixed term contract/secondment opportunities available."Working in a hospital setting is fast paced and time pressured. We are an integral part of discharge planning for patients, attending daily morning meetings with other professionals such as Consultants, Occupational Therapists, Case Managers, and Nursingstaff. For those that love learning, working in a multi-disciplinary setting can be fun as well as supportive."Our diverse team is committed to making a positive difference to our residents lives. In return we will provide you with the training, excellent supervision, and development opportunities to progress your career.Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years service and 30 days after 5 years service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carers leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Investing in individual growth and career progression
• Ensuring our workplaces and practices are supportive and inclusive

About the TeamThe team is based within the Royal Surrey County Hospital which is one of five Surreys acute hospital teams and consists of qualified and non-qualified staff. In addition to the Royal Surrey Acute Hospital the team also supports discharges from the communityrehab beds at Milford and Haslemere hospitals.Patients are supported on discharge with packages of care to return to living in the community or short term placements under discharge to assessment framework enabling assessment post discharge within a set timeframe as they regain their independence tothe maximum.About the role Your work will include but not limited to, Care Act assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, screening residents for Continuing Healthcare, Carers assessments, Safeguarding work and partnership working with our Hospital NHS colleagues, including Dischargeto Assess. You will also work closely with Adult Social Care Locality Teams and community Health, charity and voluntary organisations.The role is a really fantastic opportunity to promote Strengths-based and person-centred practice in supporting our residents to be discharged from an acute hospital setting in a safe and timely manner, involving the resident, their family and Carers inthe process and working with partners to ensure presenting care and support needs are met in a personalised manner.We are proud to say you will be well supported with regular supervision, management support as well as peer-to-peer learning and support. You will work within a fantastic team that works closely with our Health colleagues, enabling a positive and collaborativeapproach to our work.This service runs from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. In practice, you are likely to be required to work a minimum of one weekend shift per month and one late shift per week. Staff who are on the rota to work a shift fallingon a weekend will be given a day off in lieu. Full-time applicants will be contracted to a 36-hour week and these hours will be worked on a rota basis across 7 days a week. The role will require being based onsite each working day. Further information regardingthe working pattern can be discussed at interview.Shortlisting CriteriaIn your application, we would love to hear about your:

• Professional qualification in Social Work and current registration with Social Work England.
• Safeguarding knowledge.
• Knowledge and experience of current legislation, including the Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act and its application to practice in a social care setting.
• Experience in carrying out safeguarding enquiries, carrying out assessments within the Hospital and or community and working with a diverse group of individuals and partner agencies.
• Experience of supporting less experienced members of staff with their development.
• Commitment to your own professional development.
• Willingness to be based onsite each day

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where neededwill be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long-term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.This advert will close at 23:59 on 30/09/2024, although applications will be reviewed, and appointments made, on an on-going basis. Not local to Surrey We can offer you relocation assistance and more details are included in the attachment below.We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.Required skills

• hospital
• social care
• social work
• social worker
• adult social care
• hospital social worker
• adults social worker
• adult social worker