Adults Social Worker - Hospital

Location Crawley
Job type Contract
Salary £38 per hour
Consultant Ashley McSheen
Call +44 7361 589695
Reference 186905

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and 300 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Adults service based in Crawley.

Team/Specialism: Adults Hospital

Pay Rate: £38 per hour or £35 per hour plus £150 per week expenses

Contract: Locum

Working arrangements: Mixture of home and hospital - Will be required to attend the hospital for up to 3 days per week to support with duty and visit the wards to undertake assessments and attend family meetings. They will also be required to visit customers in their own homes to undertake assessments.

Main duties:

  • Undertake Care Act assessments, Mental Capacity assessments on the ward and in customers’ homes and to progress through support plans to the brokerage team, undertake safeguarding’s as required, be part of the duty team as required to take and triage calls, attend MDTs on the ward.
  • The aim is making a positive difference to the people of West Sussex.
  • The requirement of the hospital Social Work Team is to respond within timescales to assess people both in the hospital and those that have recently been discharged from hospital.
  • We assist them with arranging any care and support they may need in the longer term to maximise their independence.
  • The work is varied fast paced and there are opportunities to gain experience in working with a variety of professionals both in the Hospitals and Community Resources including the Voluntary sector.
  • The Team are supportive and we are committed to offering opportunities for workers to develop themselves as Practitioners.

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Fully online and paperless registration service
  • Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
  • Exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable) and extensive equipment provided.
  • Revalidation/registration renewal based on length of service
  • £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience recruiting to social work roles (public & private sector)
  • Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
  • Access to our online career’s hub

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant frontline experience in Adults Services

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Ashley McSheen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.