Social Worker WCC625215

Shared Services Partnership; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

Westminster City Council seeks a Social Worker for the Hospital Discharge Team based at St Mary’s Hospital. You will assess needs and develop support plans to enable safe discharge across Westminster and partner boroughs, working in a ward MDT setting.

You will undertake safeguarding investigations, Mental Capacity Act assessments, and work with carers and health colleagues to minimise risk while promoting independence. A CQSW/DSW or SW degree and registration are essential.

Qualifications

• A CQSW/Diploma in Social Work or SW degree and registration with Social Work England are essential.
• Solid knowledge of relevant legislation, personalisation, independence and choice.
• Experience in an Local Authority or Health setting and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments of need and develop support plans for hospital discharge.
• Conduct safeguarding investigations and Mental Capacity Act assessments.
• Collaborate with carers and health colleagues to minimise risk and promote independence.
• Engage in CPD, appraisals, audits, and team meetings in line with policies.

Skills

Communication skills

Assessment skills

Report writing

Budgeting knowledge

Education

CQSW/Diploma in Social Work or SW Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Social Worker WCC625215

Salary range: £44,331 - £56,154 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience
Work location: Praed Street, London, W2 1NY
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Temporary up to 12 months
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 6 November 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF INDEPENDENT LIVES
Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.
Mrs D was frail and unwell. Her son was her main carer, but he wasn’t coping. We stepped in to help, but they were hostile to outside agencies. They’d always lived together and were terrified they’d be split up. Our social worker did a great job persuading Mrs D to get hospital treatment and a temporary stay in a care home. In an epic effort throughout COVID, she gained the son’s trust and sorted all the repairs, carers and nurses needed so that Mrs D could come home to live with her son. We also got Mr D regular respite and a personal budget awarded in recognition of him as her carer.
After all, there’s nothing more important than living the life you want.

The Role:

As a Social Worker with our Hospital Discharge Team you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. Based in St Mary’s Hospital and operating across the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council, you’ll work closely with health colleagues within an acute setting, and be an active member of a ward multi-disciplinary team. Undertaking assessments of need and developing support plans that help patients with their discharge from hospital, you’ll also undertake safeguarding investigations and Mental Capacity Act assessments, and work with carers and other professionals to minimise and manage risk while helping each patient to maintain their chosen lifestyle.
Offering advice and information to your colleagues and other stakeholders on the role of the social worker and the service we provide, you’ll join our urgent response and duty system and participate in developments to our service. Committed to ensuring that your professional registration and DBS are kept up to date, we’ll also expect you to be responsible for your own CPD, and participate in appraisals, audits, evaluations, reflective practice and team meetings.
It’s important that you work in line with all our policies and procedures including health and safety, data and case recording, supervision, data protection and information governance, and you should be ready to inform your manager of any significant events relating to the service. Dedicated to undertaking best interest and practice teacher training as part of your development, you’ll also take part in Trusted Assessor training – this will enable you to prescribe simple equipment and assistive technology that helps to maximise your customers’ independence. With this in mind, you’ll adopt an inter-disciplinary approach to your work and collaborate with all our partners in order to achieve best outcomes.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

To be a success in this vital role you should have a CQSW/Diploma in Social Work, a Degree in Social Work or its equivalent, be registered as a member of Social Work England, and have some post-qualifying experience in a relevant Local Authority or Health setting. It’s important that you have well developed knowledge of relevant legislation, a good understanding of the principles of personalisation, independence and choice, and experience of working with older or physically disabled people in a Social Services Duty System.
You’ll have worked in both a multi-disciplinary way and an acute setting, and in addition to possessing experience of assessment work, you’ll enjoy working in a collaborative team environment. Capable of carrying out accurate assessments and promoting self-directed care, your superb written and verbal communication skills will see you interacting well with everyone you work with, and producing high quality reports for carers and other professionals. With the ability to work independently, use your initiative, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines, you should also have confident computer skills, with a particular focus on Microsoft’s suite of software.
Able to negotiate with other agencies on behalf of the Commissioning Authority and service users, you’ll be a pro‑active worker with the skills to pre‑empt, prevent and manage any issues that arise. It goes without saying that you’ll have good case recording and assessment skills, an understanding of budgets and financial controls, and the ability to complete robust risk assessments. In addition, the ability to communicate professionally in a language other than English would be desirable.
Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.
We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants