Adults Social Worker - Royal Surrey County Hospital

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 on promoting 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 Nursing staff. 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 carer's 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 Team
The team is based within the Royal Surrey County Hospital which is one of five Surrey's 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 community rehab 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 to the 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 Discharge to 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 in the 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 collaborative approach 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 falling on 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 regarding the working pattern can be discussed at interview.
Shortlisting Criteria
In 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 needed will 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.