Advanced Social Work Practitioner - Hospital Team

Location Uxbridge
Job type Permanent
Salary £50,031 - 54,129 per year
Consultant Zehnn Young
Call +44 7723 457338
Reference 199604

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Social Work Practitioner within the Hospital to work full time based in Hillingdon.

The salary for this permanent Advanced Social Work Practitioner job is up to £54,129 per annum.

Main duties:

  • To act as Duty Manager.
  • To mange daily discharges via bridging pathway and pathway 3 placements.
  • To triage cases alongside the Hillingdon HUB and out of borough hospital referrals.
  • Attending conferences calls with health professionals and being able to deliver results.
  • Supporting team members, allocating cases, management of stepdown beds.
  • Safeguarding Manager role, attending regular meetings with safeguarding lead at THH on progression of investigations.
  • Carry a small caseload of complex cases.
  • To support hospital discharges for our residents from Hillingdon Hospital as well as out of borough hospitals, rotating on a duty rota and to carry a small caseload of complex cases.
  • Committed to providing quality services that promote independence/wellbeing, control, choice and social inclusion. You will demonstrate a person-centred approach by keeping the service user at the centre of the assessment and discharge process.

Benefits:

  • Free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre.
  • Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 26 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 29 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 37 days.
  • Career breaks.
  • Electric car leasing scheme.
  • Season ticket loan.
  • Access to a wide range of training and courses.
  • Payment of professional fees where these are required.
  • Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon.
  • Cycle purchase scheme.
  • 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses.
  • Plus hundreds of discounts available at supermarkets, restaurants, theatres and more.

Requirements of this role:

  • Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
  • Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
  • Experience of community and/or group work.
  • Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.

Contact:
This Advanced Social Work Practitioner job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.