Social Worker

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider, Rhodes Wood Hospital, as a Social Worker in Hatfield. You'll play an integral role in changing lives for children and young people in a supportive environment, ensuring their mental and physical well-being while guiding junior team members. This role requires a passionate individual with a degree in social work and relevant experience, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex caseloads in a social care environment.
• Confident in assessing social care and risk situations.
• Engagement in training programs such as Breakaway and MVA.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with home authorities during admission and discharge processes.
• Maintain electronic records of work and administrative tasks.
• Facilitate access to welfare rights and housing services.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Social Work

SW England Registration

Job description

Introduction

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:

Location: Rhodes Wood Hospital. Shepherds Way, Hatfield AL9 6NN

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.