Social Worker - Oakleaf Recruitment : Job Details

Job title: Social Worker

Location: Southleigh Community Hospital, 42 Brighton Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 6AA

Rate Of Pay: £42,000 Per Year

Shift Patterns: 37.5hrs a Week - 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

Information about the Role:

· Ensure that all care, assessment, and treatment is delivered within the clinical ethos of the unit.

· Be responsible for maintaining positive links with patient’s family, friends, and external services such as care co-ordinators, Care commissioning groups and third sector services such as MIND charity.

· Be responsible for ensuring the highest standard of clinical practice is achieved and that the social care delivered to patients is of a consistently high standard.

· Work closely with other professional staff ensuring a consistent pattern of care for each individual patient.

· Establish and maintain high standards of professional practice and levels of care.

· Help to ensure that the admission, leave and discharge of patients is appropriately and sensitively organised and achieved with the minimal amount of disruption to the patient.

Information about the Service:

At Southleigh Community Hospital we can accommodate up to 27 service users in 21 single en-suite bedrooms and 6 semi-independent apartments. These flexible apartments can be used to prepare service users for more independent living or alternatively to accommodate service users who require high level of personalised care and support.

Necessary Experience or Qualifications:

Essential Requirements

• Meet the standards set out in the Social Work England Professional Standards
• Have working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983,
• Be a registered Social Worker under Social Work England
• An awareness of safeguarding guidance under the Care Act
• Previous experience with service users who have complex mental health needs

Desirable requirements

• Have working knowledge of the benefits system and involvement with welfare rights organisations or services
• Awareness of the admission and discharges processes for patients under the Mental Health Act
• Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act.

Oakleaf Recruitment are the In-House Recruitment Team for a growing group of Services and Hospitals across the UK

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £42,000.00 per year