Social Worker

Location

King's Lynn, Norfolk | United Kingdom

Job description

Main Responsibilities To deliver interventions where high-level holistic assessment, problem solving and decision-making skills are required to identify appropriate plans of action and support, working to best practice guidance. Carry a caseload and work with those who may show complexity to undertake responsibilities required of all social workers. To work in collaboration and deliver sustained improvements in performance, quality and outcome measures. To represent and work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing a social work service to patients, their families and carers. To build a professional relationship with patients, their families and carers and use that relationship to safeguard and promote positive outcomes. To communicate effectively with patients, their families and carers, ensuring their wishes are heard and plans are accurately recorded to reflect this. To support patients, their families and carers with the practical and emotional implications of facing a life-limiting illness. Alongside empowering them to make decision about their future needs and offering appropriate interventions. Work with patients, their families and carers in a person centred, evidence based approach, utilising robust outcome measures. Promote self-care when working within a palliative and end of life environment where death and dying is a regular feature of the role. Anticipate and identify the bereavement needs of families and carers. Participate in bereavement follow-up, in liaison with the wider team as appropriate. Undertake mental capacity assessments and/ or best interest decisions. Support staff undertaking DOLS assessments providing expert advice as required. To support and implement changes in approaches to work or change management in accordance with the development of the organisation. To provide reports on service outcomes. Implement and educate on Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT). Report on outcomes. To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with legislation, research findings and practice knowledge. To take responsibility in ensuring continued registration as Social Worker within professional body. Contribute to training and practice development, alongside attending your own mandatory and developmental training as appropriate, meeting your own personal development needs and the objectives of the organisation. Facilitate training either formally or informally as required and promote a learning environment, which supports professional and personal development. Participate in debrief, case discussion and reflection to support practice development and learning. Ability to work within a fast paced, ever changing clinical environment. Be part of the multi-professional Safeguarding Leads Team to promote safeguarding awareness, manage concerns and lead on investigations as required. Efficiently and effectively utilise resources to meet service objectives. Support a team of volunteers as required. Communicate respectfully with colleagues in an open, accurate and confidential way. Act as a role model demonstrating high standards of holistic care and provide specialist social work knowledge in palliative care. Maintain a professional, positive and friendly influence throughout the organisation, maintain awareness of how your behaviours can affect or influence others. Contribute towards clinical and organisational governance. Promote positive relationships and effective communication between the organisation and Social Services. To enhance the role and status of both services. Take an active role in developing and maintaining relationships and services across settings in order to achieve Social Care recommendations as set out in NICE Guidance on Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer 2004 and the National Quality Standards for Specialist Palliative Care. Attend appropriate meetings as an advocate for social work and palliative care issues and ensure other team members are conversant with relevant information relating to social work best practice. Evaluate service delivery and identify areas for improvement and initiate change. Promote good communication and provide expertise across multi-professional and agency boundaries, when challenging and solving complex palliative care issues. Work to support the competence of NHTH staff on Safeguarding issues, representing the teams at Local Safeguarding updates or providing training, as requested and appropriate. Share specialist knowledge with social services and health staff to improve knowledge and understanding to advance outcomes for individuals with palliative care needs. To be involved in and lead on pertinent audit. To keep up-to-date with local and national developments in palliative care. To encourage, develop and maintain good working relationships with partner agencies. To adhere to the code of ethics of Social Work England.

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