Social Worker - Palliative Care

NHS; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS opportunity for a Social Worker dedicated to providing person-centered care for individuals with palliative needs. The role involves direct influence on patient care, enabling choices and fostering independence while working within a multidisciplinary team. Competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and an inclusive work environment are offered.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Free parking

Access to blue light discount card

Access to complementary therapy

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker with Social Work England.
• Experience working with palliative care needs.
• Ability to conduct social care assessments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions for patients with palliative care needs.
• Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain professional relationships with patients and families.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Problem solving

Decision-making

Communication

Emotional support

Time management

Education

Degree or diploma in Social Work

Post qualifying award

Tools

Electronic case management systems

Job description

Would you like to provide truly Person Centred Care, contributing to a multidisciplinary environment and proactively support people plan ahead with preparing for the future?

With competitive pay, annual leave and pension schemes available, alongside opportunities for both personal and professional development working for us may provide you with the job satisfaction and happiness youve been looking for.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will directly influence patient care by providing social work service provision for people who have palliative care needs, their families and carers. The service aims to enable and empower individuals to make informed choices, maximise independence and promote positive well-being. The post holder will be supporting those thought to be in their last year of life to receive the most appropriate care as responsively as possible.

About us

In addition to the competitive salary we offer the following:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement: 25 days FTE (increasing to 27 after 5 years and 31 after 9 years) plus public holidays
• Free parking
• Access to blue light discount card
• Access to complementary therapy

We have an amazing multi-disciplinary team who all work together ensuring that the patient is central to everything we do.

Our Vision is ...

That every person living with or affected by a life limiting condition will be offered choice and access to excellent end of life and bereavement care.

Our Values are:

COMPASSION

ACCESSIBILITY

RESPECT

EXCELLENCE

SPARK

The Hospice stands in beautiful well maintained grounds. Our building is modern and light with each bedroom having a garden view.

Job responsibilities

KEYRESPONSIBILITIES:

To deliver interventions where high level holisticassessment, problem solving and decision-making skills are required to identifyappropriate plans of action and support, working to best practice guidance.

Carry a caseload and work with those who may showcomplexity to undertake responsibilities required of all social workers.

To work in collaboration and deliver sustainedimprovements in performance, quality and outcome measures.

To represent and work as a member of themulti-disciplinary team, providing a social work service to patients, theirfamilies and carers.

To build a professional relationship withpatients, their families and carers and use that relationship to safeguard andpromote positive outcomes.

To communicate effectively with patients, theirfamilies and carers, ensuring their wishes are heard and plans are accuratelyrecorded to reflect this.

To support patients, their families and carerswith the practical and emotional implications of facing a life-limitingillness. Alongside empowering them to make decision about their future needsand offering appropriate interventions.

Work with patients, their families and carers ina person centred, evidence based approach, utilising robust outcome measures.

Promote self-care when working within apalliative and end of life environment where death and dying is a regular featureof the role.

Anticipate and identify the bereavement needs offamilies and carers. Participate in bereavement follow-up, in liaison with thewider team as appropriate.

Undertake mental capacity assessments and/ orbest interest decisions. Support staff undertaking DOLS assessments providingexpert advice as required.

To support and implement changes in approaches towork or change management in accordance with the development of theorganisation.

To provide reports on service outcomes.

Implement and educate on Carer Support Needs AssessmentTool -CSNAT. Report on outcomes.

To take personal responsibility for keeping up todate with legislation, research findings and practice knowledge.

To take responsibility in ensuring continuedregistration as Social Worker within professional body.

Contribute to training and practice development,alongside attending your own mandatory and developmental training as appropriate,meeting your own personal development needs and the objectives of theorganisation.

Facilitate training either formally or informallyas required and promote a learning environment, which supports professional andpersonal development.

Participate in debrief, case discussion andreflection to support practice development and learning.

Ability to work within a fast paced, everchanging clinical environment.

Be part of the multi-professional SafeguardingLeads Team to promote safeguarding awareness, manage concerns and lead oninvestigations as required for adults, vulnerable adults, children and youngpeople.

Efficiently and effectively utilise resources tomeet service objectives.

Support a team of volunteers as required.

Communicate respectfully with colleagues in anopen, accurate and confidential way.

Act as a role model demonstrating high standardsof holistic care and provide specialist social work knowledge in palliativecare.

Maintain a professional, positive and friendlyinfluence throughout the organisation, maintain awareness of how yourbehaviours can affect or influence others.

Contribute towards clinical and organisationalgovernance.

Promote positive relationships and effectivecommunication between the organisation and Social Services. To enhance the roleand status of both services.

Take an active role in developing and maintainingrelationships and services across settings in order to achieve Social Carerecommendations as set out in NICE Guidance on Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer 2004and the National Quality Standards for Specialist Palliative Care.

Attend appropriate meetings as an advocate forsocial work and palliative care issues and ensure other team members areconversant with relevant information relating to social work best practice.

Evaluate service delivery and identify areas forimprovement and initiate change.

Promote good communication and provide expertiseacross multi-professional and agency boundaries, when challenging and solvingcomplex palliative care issues.

Work to supportthe competence of TH staff on Safeguarding issues, representing the teams atLocal Safeguarding updates or providing training, as requested andappropriate.

Share specialist knowledge with social servicesand health staff to improve knowledge and understanding to advance outcomes forindividuals with palliative care needs.

To be involved in and lead on pertinent audit.

To keep up-to-date with local and national developmentsin palliative care.

To encourage, develop and maintain good workingrelationships with partner agencies.

To adhere to the code of ethics of Social WorkEngland.

Person Specification

Other Criteria

• Flexibility
• Confidence
• Motivation
• Determination

Experience

• Experience of working with individuals who have palliative care needs
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Knowledge and understanding of current relevant Health and Social Care legislation and policy
• A commitment, knowledge and understanding of Equal Opportunities policy and anti-discriminatory practice
• Knowledge of electronic case management systems
• Knowledge of policy and practice relating to the care of people who have a palliative diagnosis
• Experience of successful collaboration with hard to reach groups
• SystmOne Compliance

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work therapeutically with individuals and families
• Ability to work in partnership with other professionals
• Ability to undertake social care assessments, plan packages of care and monitor and review their effectiveness within the self-directed support framework
• An ability to develop and change in light of the changing health and social care policy environment
• Able to provide direct emotional and psychological support
• Able to plan, manage, prioritise workloads, demonstrating good time management skills
• Able to prepare and present reports and other documents
• Contribute to teaching and to deliver presentations
• Able to work effectively under pressure within departmental procedures and respond effectively in a crisis
• Ability to assess risk and take appropriate action

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Social Work, or CSS, or CQSW
• To be a registered Social Worker with Social Work England
• Post qualifying award
• Practice Teacher
• Advanced Communication Skills

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.

Depending on experience£35,412 - £42,646 per annum (FTE)