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Social Worker Hospital Worker


POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL


Location

Powys, Wales | United Kingdom


Job description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified

Location : Powys County Council                   

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £29.64

Principal Responsibilities

  1. To complete assessment for Powys residents in district general hospitals to determine their discharge pathway and care needs for a safe and timely discharge from hospital.
  1. To support the Hospital Team in contributing to wider partnership initiatives, in the recognition that meeting needs and preventing hospital admission requires a whole system approach. 

Experience

•     Post qualifying experience of working with Older People/younger adults and their carers

•     Experience of undertaking assessments of need and identifying and managing risks.

•     Experience of complex casework 

•     Experience of care management across a range of health and social care settings

Knowledge

•     Understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults and their carers

•     Understanding of safeguarding and the issues affecting vulnerable adults and their carers

•     Knowledge of current legislation, national guidance and best practice relevant to the post.

•     Knowledge and implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 

Qualifications & Training

•     Appropriate social work, health or allied health practitioner qualification (i.e. Degree in Social Work, DipSW or equivalent).

•     Registration as Social Worker with Social Care Wales/CQC 

Safeguarding Requirements

•     Requirement to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check

Skills

•     Good communication skills, written and verbal.

•     Good IT skills.

•     Ability to organise, prioritise and manage a caseload.

•     Ability to build and maintain partnerships 

•     Ability to manage crisis, conflict resolution and challenging behaviours

•     Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practice.

•     Commitment to the principles of confidentiality.

•     Must have knowledge and commitment to the principles of social care as embodied in relevant legislation.


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