Worker Hospital Worker

Job Description

Job Title : Social Worker Hospital Worker
Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Welshpool Ty Maldwyn Area Office, Powys County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £29.64

Social worker required to cover the Welshpool area with a mixture of both community hospital and community based work, opportunity for completion of CHC assessments via DST’s, complex case management, assessments and reviews as well as completion of MCA and BI Decisions. Pay rate approx £35 per hour excluding agency fees. Flexible working options available.

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

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.

Other requirements

⦁ Possess a full driving licence and can travel extensively around the county.