Social Worker - Hospital Team

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Social Worker has arisen in the Warwick Hospital Social Care Team to support effective discharges and assessments. Ideal candidates will possess a Social Work qualification, a clean driver's license, and at least 12 months of post-qualifying experience. Applicants should be adept in decision-making and working collaboratively in a dynamic team. The role requires flexibility, including occasional weekend work, to ensure timely support and care delivery for diverse service user groups.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working options

Additional annual leave

Qualifications

• Must have a full clean Driver’s Licence.
• Social Work England Registration.
• Must have 12 months post-qualifying experience including ASYE completion.

Responsibilities

• Carry a caseload of hospital discharge cases.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary health and social care teams.
• Conduct assessments and reviews for clients in the hospital discharge pathway.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Decision Making

IT skills

Education

Social Work Qualification (Diploma/Degree/Masters)

Job description

About the Role and Team

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Social Workerin theWarwick Hospital Social Care Team (HSCT). The post holder should have a minimum of 12 months post qualifying experience and have successfully completed ASYE.

Warwickshire County Council is a top performing two tier authority with a reputation for innovation and efficiency. If you can match our ambition to drive Warwickshire County Council forward, we would like to hear from you.

We have three hospital sites across Warwickshire County Council. The Warwick hospital social care team support the discharge of customers from hospitals across South Warwickshire.

We are a dedicated and supportiveteam. We aim to respond quickly and efficiently by offering strengths-based assessments and providing support to customers and their carers within a fast-paced environment. As well as supporting with discharges the team also follow through with assessments and reviews in the community and utilise Discharge to Assess (D2A) pathways.

The teams have a mixture of staff skill sets and roles that include:

Social Workers
Social Care Workers
Admin
Age UK social prescribers

Trusted Assessors

The team provide a high-quality professional assessment, support planning and review service to customers. We support customers to be discharged from hospital to residential care homes for a period of assessment (D2A) or to return home with the support they require. Practitioners also work with customers who require a safeguarding response or are at risk due to self-neglect. As well as working with the Care Act, practitioners complete a significant number of Mental Capacity assessments around key decisions in the hospital discharge pathway.

We work closely with health colleagues on the wards as well as the Trust’s Integrated Discharge Team offering ample multidisciplinary experience. The team work with a mix of office based and remote working.

We are a friendly and supportive team. You will be provided with monthly supervision alongside monthly team meetings and separate 4 weekly team CPD sessions.

The postholder will carry a caseload of hospital discharge cases and will be required to work with all service user groups to meet service demands. Your normal place of work will be Warwick Acute Hospital but in the course of your duties you will be required to travel and visit locations within the South of the county. However; you may also be required from time to time to visit and work at other locations, for such times as we may reasonably determine as necessary for the proper performance of your duties.

Key Requirements

• Full clean Driver’s Licence
• Social Work Qualification which includes Diploma/Degree/Masters
• Social Work England Registration
• 12 months post qualifying experience including completion of ASYE.
• Be able to work 5 days over 7 days, to support a streamline service and support timely discharges. The hospital teams currently work one Saturday in a month (4 weekly Rota) and some Bank Holidays.
• To work closely with the Multidisciplinary Health & Social Care team
• To participate fully in the duties of the team, including team meetings and other meetings determined by the Team Leader and/or Operations Manager.
• You will have a dynamic approach and will embrace our strength based approach.
• You will be used to making difficult decisions and can work to tight deadlines.
• You'll also have adult social care experience and good Information Technology (IT) skills.
• Hospital Social Care Experience will be desirable- practitioners should be willing to learn within a fast-paced environment.
• In Warwickshire, we use the Mosaic IT System.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Social Worker - Level 2

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!?

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.

To discuss the role please contact Barry Graves, Team Manager, [e-mail]

Closing date:6^th August 2025

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more