Social Worker - Adults Hospital Discharge

Location Durham
Job type Contract
Salary £184.75 - 184.75 per day
Reference 167241

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency is currently looking for a dedicated and experienced Social Worker to work based in Durham, within the Adults Hospital Discharge Team.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker role is £184.75 per day (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Main Duties:

  • Ensure that the social care needs of people are fully assessed and that services are delivered, monitored, and reviewed in accordance with the agreed care plan.
  • Undertake assessments of the needs of potential users and obtain contributions to that assessment from other personal and/or agencies.
  • Define service requirements and design individually tailored packages of care to meet assessed needs.

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work.
  • Current Social Work England registration.
  • Recent post-qualifying experience within frontline adult social work.
  • Expected to undertake Practice Teacher training and take a student after completing 2 years at post-qualifying level.
  • Ability to form relationships with users and carers.
  • Assessment and care planning.
  • Report writing.
  • Specific therapeutic skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to work as a member of a team.
  • Access to a car or access to a means of mobility support to meet demands for domiciliary visits (if driving, must have a current valid driving licence and appropriate insurance).

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
  • In-house payroll system
  • Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Leon Ali; 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.