Farleigh Hospice

Palliative Care Social Worker

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Job summary

Farleigh Hospice is the leading specialist palliative care provider in mid Essex, providing specialist support to patients and their families in both the community via our multidisciplinary locality care teams, and our inpatient unit.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated Social Worker who is passionate about palliative care to join our locality-based community care teams. Are you a motivated, forward thinking, talented individual interested in delivering excellent specialist palliative care within a multidisciplinary team to patients and their families within mid Essex?

The successful candidate will join the extensive MDT to deliver holistic care to patients and provide essential support to carers and families. Both face to face and virtually. As a palliative care Social Worker, you will have the ability to see the whole person rather than their diagnosis. You will understand the connections of their lives and seek to act on the constraints and discriminations they experience. As you work alongside people in a strength-based way to problem solve and support.

You will be an empathetic individual with post qualifying experience of working within local authority Social Care and will have a particular interest in working with people and their families receiving palliative and end of life care. You will have the ability to work with adults, children and families to provide 1:1, couples, family and group support. You will support and advise patients and their carers to navigate both health and social care systems. You will have experience of dealing with issues of loss, safeguarding and managing complex psychosocial situations.

About us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, we understand the strength we gain from having and supporting diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that colleagues from different backgrounds bring allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

As an organisation keen to develop and retain our staff, we will provide successful candidates at all levels with:

  • Bespoke induction.
  • Principles of Palliative Care course
  • Access to educational opportunities provided by our internal Education Team
  • Access to external study days and conferences

We offer a great working environment, a competitive pay and benefit package, flexible working and a strong team to support you.

Generous benefit package detailed in job pack.

(Please note If we receive a high number of applications we will close the vacancy before the closing date)

Farleigh Hospice is committed to creating an inclusive working environment where diversity is recognised and celebrated. To achieve this we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Farleigh Hospice operates a three-month probation period.Positions may be subject to DBS Disclosure.Charity Registration No: 284670.

Details

Date posted

13 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,936 to £42,276 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0396-23-0023

Job locations

Farleigh Hospice

North Court Road

Broomfield

Chelmsford

CM1 7FH


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Social Worker, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist advice and care, working with and supporting adults who are facing end of life, their families and those who they are close to. We are primarily a pre-bereavement service and as social workers we are interested in the psychological, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual dimensions of peoples lives because we believe that all these areas shape the way they think and feel and what matters to them.

Through holistic assessment, provide information, advice, psychosocial care and support to patients, their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary to appropriate internal and external health and social care professionals, including the Spiritual Care team.

Work in partnership with those receiving care, helping them to access relevant health and social care, information and support when they need it. Support people to access, identify, appraise and interpret complex information, to enable them to determine their own future.

Use advanced communication skills in delivering highly emotive information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff,patients, families and professionals by face-to-face, telephone and/or electronic means.

Work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) sharing the clinical caseload of patients and carers within the locality.

To work as part of the MDT but also work autonomously making decisions and recommendations involving highly complex factors, seeking advice from colleagues or/and clinical leadership team when required, in order to make sound decisions around palliative and end of life care.

To support management in training and mentoring a multidisciplinary workforce from novice to expert to work as one team.

To support and implement any streamlined locality processes and services by embedding quality improvement methodology including clear outcome measures to produce efficient and highly performing community services.

To support the Hospice in building strong relationships with external partners and stakeholders and promote the good reputation of the Hospice e.g. local trusts, CCG, health and social care partners, businesses and voluntary organisations.

Use social work skills to advocate and assist those in their care to access care, welfare benefits and grants, recognising and responding to the impact of diversity, disadvantage and discrimination.

Identify gaps and failings in services, systems and society in order to negotiate for appropriate equitable care

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Social Worker, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist advice and care, working with and supporting adults who are facing end of life, their families and those who they are close to. We are primarily a pre-bereavement service and as social workers we are interested in the psychological, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual dimensions of peoples lives because we believe that all these areas shape the way they think and feel and what matters to them.

Through holistic assessment, provide information, advice, psychosocial care and support to patients, their families and carers, liaising and referring on as necessary to appropriate internal and external health and social care professionals, including the Spiritual Care team.

Work in partnership with those receiving care, helping them to access relevant health and social care, information and support when they need it. Support people to access, identify, appraise and interpret complex information, to enable them to determine their own future.

Use advanced communication skills in delivering highly emotive information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff,patients, families and professionals by face-to-face, telephone and/or electronic means.

Work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) sharing the clinical caseload of patients and carers within the locality.

To work as part of the MDT but also work autonomously making decisions and recommendations involving highly complex factors, seeking advice from colleagues or/and clinical leadership team when required, in order to make sound decisions around palliative and end of life care.

To support management in training and mentoring a multidisciplinary workforce from novice to expert to work as one team.

To support and implement any streamlined locality processes and services by embedding quality improvement methodology including clear outcome measures to produce efficient and highly performing community services.

To support the Hospice in building strong relationships with external partners and stakeholders and promote the good reputation of the Hospice e.g. local trusts, CCG, health and social care partners, businesses and voluntary organisations.

Use social work skills to advocate and assist those in their care to access care, welfare benefits and grants, recognising and responding to the impact of diversity, disadvantage and discrimination.

Identify gaps and failings in services, systems and society in order to negotiate for appropriate equitable care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Social Work Qualification registered with Social Work England
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Proven post registration experience
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Experience of facilitating group work
  • Experience of dealing with issues of loss
  • Experience of local authority assessment processes
  • Proven ability of successfully working with people and handling difficult and complex situations
  • Ability to work under pressure, manage own stress and emotional responses and be aware of stress in others
  • Ability to use a range of IT systems and software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365 and electronic patient record
  • systems (such as SystmOne) as well as virtual systems e.g. Zoom, MS Teams
  • Proven ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Ability to motivate self and others and to lead by example
  • Able to effectively resolve professional and ethical issues
  • Ability to prioritise issues and tasks and manage own workload
  • Excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable

  • Leadership training/qualification
  • Counselling qualification
  • Experience of working in a palliative care setting

Qualities / Attributes

Essential

  • Passionate about Hospice Care and enthusiasm for the vision of the organisation
  • Team player who can work as part of our One Team ethos
  • High level of emotional intelligence and resilience
  • Flexible approach to work, with ability to work out of hours on occasions
  • Committed to the development of palliative care skills in others
  • Committed to working in partnership with people, their relatives and carers other organisations and agencies

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Driving licence and car owner
  • Satisfactory Criminal Records Disclosure
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Social Work Qualification registered with Social Work England
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Proven post registration experience
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Experience of facilitating group work
  • Experience of dealing with issues of loss
  • Experience of local authority assessment processes
  • Proven ability of successfully working with people and handling difficult and complex situations
  • Ability to work under pressure, manage own stress and emotional responses and be aware of stress in others
  • Ability to use a range of IT systems and software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365 and electronic patient record
  • systems (such as SystmOne) as well as virtual systems e.g. Zoom, MS Teams
  • Proven ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Ability to motivate self and others and to lead by example
  • Able to effectively resolve professional and ethical issues
  • Ability to prioritise issues and tasks and manage own workload
  • Excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable

  • Leadership training/qualification
  • Counselling qualification
  • Experience of working in a palliative care setting

Qualities / Attributes

Essential

  • Passionate about Hospice Care and enthusiasm for the vision of the organisation
  • Team player who can work as part of our One Team ethos
  • High level of emotional intelligence and resilience
  • Flexible approach to work, with ability to work out of hours on occasions
  • Committed to the development of palliative care skills in others
  • Committed to working in partnership with people, their relatives and carers other organisations and agencies

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Driving licence and car owner
  • Satisfactory Criminal Records Disclosure

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Farleigh Hospice

Address

Farleigh Hospice

North Court Road

Broomfield

Chelmsford

CM1 7FH


Employer's website

https://www.farleighhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Farleigh Hospice

Address

Farleigh Hospice

North Court Road

Broomfield

Chelmsford

CM1 7FH


Employer's website

https://www.farleighhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Locality Care Team Manager

Nikki Tuff

Nikki.tuff@farleighhospice.org

Details

Date posted

13 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,936 to £42,276 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0396-23-0023

Job locations

Farleigh Hospice

North Court Road

Broomfield

Chelmsford

CM1 7FH


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