Lead Social Worker

St Catherine's Hospice; Preston; In loco; GBP 39.000 - 47.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

36 days holiday including bank

Birthday wellbeing day

Employer pension contributions

Blue Light Card discounts

On-site meals

Career development opportunities

Life insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free parking in grounds

Descrizione del lavoro

St Catherine's Hospice in Preston is seeking a Lead Social Worker to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership across Social Work, Counselling, Bereavement and Remembrance Services.

You will manage a specialist caseload, support staff and volunteers, drive safeguarding and risk-management, and develop services with evidence and feedback to improve quality and accessibility.

Competenze

• Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration and post-registration experience.
• Strong safeguarding, mental capacity and rights awareness, with end-of-life care understanding.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing services based on evidence.

Mansioni

• Lead Social Work, Counselling, Bereavement and Remembrance Services.
• Manage a specialist caseload and support people with complex psychosocial needs.
• Provide safeguarding, risk-management advice and co-ordinate care with the MDT.
• Supervise staff and volunteers, oversee referrals and service improvement.
• Develop education and reflective learning to improve quality and outcomes.

Conoscenze

Social Work

Leadership

Safeguarding

Team leadership

Formazione

Social Work degree

Descrizione del lavoro

Could you lead compassionate, high-quality psychosocial support for people and families living with life-limiting illness?

At St Catherine's Hospice, we help people to have quality of life to the end of life, alongside supporting their families before, during and after bereavement. Our Social Work, Counselling, Bereavement and Remembrance Services provide compassionate, timely and effective support throughout each person's hospice journey.

We're looking for an experienced and values-led Lead Social Worker to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership across these vital services.

This is a varied senior role combining professional leadership, safeguarding oversight, team management, service development and direct clinical practice. You'll lead a multidisciplinary team while maintaining a specialist caseload of patients and families with complex psychosocial needs.

You'll also help shape and improve our services, using evidence, feedback and data to strengthen quality, accessibility and outcomes, while ensuring practice meets legal, professional, regulatory and Hospice standards.

What will you be doing?

• leading Social Work, Counselling, Bereavement and Remembrance Services
• managing a specialist caseload and supporting people with complex psychosocial needs
• providing expert safeguarding, mental capacity and risk-management advice
• facilitating family meetings and coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team
• supervising and developing staff, students and volunteers
• overseeing referral, triage, allocation and review processes
• monitoring demand, waiting times, outcomes and experience
• leading service improvement, audit and quality assurance
• delivering education and reflective learning
• building strong partnerships across health, social care and the voluntary sector

Most importantly, you'll help ensure patients, families and carers receive person-centred support that protects their rights, respects their preferences and helps them navigate illness, loss and bereavement.

Who are we looking for?

You’ll be a qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration, significant post-registration experience and a strong understanding of safeguarding adults, mental capacity, human rights and end-of-life care. You’ll have experience of managing complex caseloads, working with multidisciplinary teams and leading, supervising and developing others. You’ll be able to communicate complex and sensitive information clearly and compassionately, build collaborative relationships and translate evidence, feedback and priorities into sustainable service improvements. Hospice or specialist palliative care experience, and experience of counselling, bereavement or volunteer services, would be an advantage., All candidates must be able to demonstrate they are eligible to work in the UK.

The role is subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Above all, we’re looking for someone who is compassionate, professional, calm and approachable, and who shares our values of being Caring, Compassionate and Committed.

A leadership role where your expertise will make a lasting difference

This is more than a casework role.

You’ll provide visible professional leadership, support colleagues to deliver safe and effective practice, and help develop responsive services that meet the changing needs of our community.

The role is based at St Catherine's Hospice and involves working closely with colleagues across the Hospice and with NHS, local authority, education, safeguarding, community and voluntary-sector partners. Flexibility will be needed to respond to service requirements and represent the Hospice at relevant forums.

Salary: £42,791

Department: Clinical

Location: St Catherine's Hospice, Lostock Hall, Preston

Benefits

• Enjoy 36 days' holiday (including bank holidays)
• an extra wellbeing day for your birthday
• up to 8% employer pension contributions
• Blue Light Card discounts
• discounted on-site meals
• career development opportunities
• life insurance
• cycle to work scheme
• employee assistance programme
• great free parking within our fabulous grounds

If you're ready to combine specialist social work practice with compassionate leadership and service development, we'd love to hear from you. Come and help us ensure people and families receive outstanding psychosocial support when it matters most.