Qualified Social Worker |Prevention & Hospital Discharge | Lancashire| £33 per hour

Tripod Partners; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dedicated consultant

Wide job network across UK authorities

Prompt payroll

Free DBS and compliance service

£500 referral fees

Job summary

Tripod Partners is seeking an experienced Adult Social Worker for the Prevention & Hospital Discharge Team in Lancashire, Thornton-Cleveleys. The role focuses on timely hospital discharges and ensuring adults receive appropriate care and support to meet their needs.

The ideal candidate will have strong assessment skills, experience in a fast-paced environment, and a sound understanding of adult social care procedures, including Care Act assessments and DSTs.

Qualifications

• Experience in Adult Social Care, especially prevention, hospital discharge or intermediate care.
• Proven experience completing Care Act assessments.
• Experience with DST assessments.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong assessment, communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of adult social care legislation, safeguarding and person-centred practice.

Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive Care Act assessments to identify individuals' care and support needs.
• Support effective and timely hospital discharges, promoting independence and positive outcomes.
• Work at pace in a busy environment, managing competing priorities and caseloads.
• Undertake and contribute to Decision Support Tool (DST) assessments.
• Identify appropriate care packages, support plans, and community-based services.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, health professionals, and other partner agencies.
• Promote a person-centred approach, ensuring individuals' needs, preferences, and wellbeing remain central to decision-making.

Skills

Care Act assessments

Decision Support Tools (DST)

Assessment skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Prioritisation under pressure

Job description

Adult Social Worker needed for our Prevention & Hospital Discharge Team in Lancashire, paying £35 ph!

• Location:Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire
• Pay:£33per hour
• Contract: Full-Time / Temporary

About the role:

We are currently seeking an experienced Adult Social Care professional to join the Prevention and Hospital Discharge team in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated practitioner with strong assessment skills, experience working in a fast-paced environment, and a sound understanding of adult social care procedures. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting timely hospital discharges and ensuring adults receive the appropriate care and support to meet their needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete comprehensive Care Act assessments to identify individuals' care and support needs.
• Support effective and timely hospital discharges, promoting independence and positive outcomes.
• Work at pace in a busy environment, managing competing priorities and caseloads.
• Undertake and contribute to Decision Support Tool (DST) assessments.
• Identify appropriate care packages, support plans, and community-based services.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, health professionals, and other partner agencies.
• Promote a person-centred approach, ensuring individuals' needs, preferences, and wellbeing remain central to decision-making.

Requirements:

• Experience within Adult Social Care, ideally in prevention, hospital discharge, or intermediate care services.
• Proven experience completing Care Act assessments.
• Experience with Decision Support Tools (DSTs).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage a fast-paced workload.
• Strong assessment, communication, and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of relevant adult social care legislation, safeguarding, and person-centred practice.

Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of jobs across 150 authorities and private organizations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fees