Social Worker

Integrated Care System; England; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Social Worker at Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hertfordshire. This role involves managing complex caseloads, conducting assessments, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to significantly improve patient well-being. You'll benefit from a competitive salary, career development, and a supportive work environment focused on mental health care.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including your birthday

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Degree in Social Work and SW England Registration required.
• Experience in managing complex caseloads a must.
• Engagement in Breakaway training and MVA training necessary.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with home authorities and service users during admission and discharge.
• Maintain electronic records and contribute to Mental Health Review Tribunal reports.
• Facilitate access to welfare rights and support services.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

The role of a Social Worker at Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hertfordshire involves supporting and guiding a multidisciplinary team in managing complex caseloads, conducting social care assessments, and facilitating access to essential services for the patients. The successful candidate will have a degree in Social Work, SW England registration, and relevant experience in a similar setting.

Main duties of the job

As a Social Worker at Rhodes Wood Hospital, you will be responsible for liaising with home authorities, collaborating with service users and their families, maintaining electronic records, and contributing to the preparation of reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals. You will also facilitate access to welfare rights, housing, advocacy, and other support services. The role requires strong teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, the organisation offers opportunities for growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Join Rhodes Wood Hospitalin Brookmans Park, Hatfieldas a Social Worker and be part of changing lives for the better as you experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

At Rhodes Wood Hospitalhere is a strong emphasis on teamwork, as you work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support people with

As a Social Worker, you will come from the NHS or private care with experience of managing a complex caseload and being responsible for social care assessments, risk assessments and completing pre-admission for discharging service users.

You’ll be confident and capable, and able to support and provide guidance to junior members of the team.

As a Social Worker you will be:

• Liaising with the home authorities via a named individual (Health, SSD and Probation) at the point of admission and discharge stage
• Collaborating with the home authorities, service users and ensuring that their families are involved in the decision making/care planning process
• Maintaining electronic/integrated records of work undertaken and completing administrative procedures
• Contribute to the preparation of reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals, appeals to MH Act Independent Hospital Managers and attending hearings
• Facilitating access to welfare rights, housing, advocacy services and associated support services

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Degree in Social Work
• SW England Registration
• Relevant experience in a similar setting
• To fully engage in Breakaway training and MVA training

Where you will be working:

You will be working at Rhodes Wood Hospital, a specialist Inpatient Eating Disorder service for children and young people aged 8-18 years.

Situated in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. All children and young people have their own en-suite bedrooms. The services emphasise not only the mental wellbeing of young people but also their educational, emotional and physical needs.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £40,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Social Work and SW England Registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.