Social Worker – Hospital Social Work

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult’s Social Worker to join its client’s Hospital team, based in Bournemouth. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to work within a busy acute hospital setting, supporting adults with complex care and support needs through safe, timely, and person-centred discharge planning.

The successful candidate will work closely with health professionals, carers, families, community services, and partner agencies to facilitate effective hospital discharge and promote positive outcomes. You will undertake strengths-based assessments, coordinate support arrangements, and help individuals maximise their independence and wellbeing following hospital admission.

This role is ideally suited to a Social Worker with recent hospital social work experience and a strong understanding of Discharge to Assess pathways, Adult Social Care legislation, and multidisciplinary working.

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Managing a caseload of adults requiring social care intervention within an acute hospital setting.
• Undertaking strengths-based assessments to identify needs, risks, strengths, and desired outcomes.
• Completing Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, and support planning to facilitate safe and effective discharge arrangements.
• Supporting complex discharge planning and ensuring appropriate services and support are in place following discharge from hospital.
• Working within Discharge to Assess pathways to promote independence and reduce reliance on long-term support where appropriate.
• Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and facilitating Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Leading and contributing to safeguarding enquiries in line with Adult Safeguarding legislation and local procedures.
• Assessing and managing risks effectively, balancing safety, choice, independence, and positive risk-taking.
• Working collaboratively with health professionals, therapists, discharge coordinators, community services, carers, families, and partner agencies.
• Arranging and coordinating care packages, reablement services, community support, and placements where required.
• Participating in multidisciplinary meetings, discharge planning meetings, safeguarding discussions, and case reviews.
• Preparing high-quality assessments, reports, support plans, and professional documentation.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant case records in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements.

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

• Professional Qualification: MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification.
• Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience: Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care services.
• Hospital Experience: Recent experience working within a Hospital Social Work Team, Hospital Discharge Team, or Discharge to Assess service is highly desirable.
• Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated statutory guidance.
• Discharge Planning Experience: Experience supporting complex discharge planning and hospital discharge pathways.
• Assessment Skills: Proven ability to undertake complex assessments, support planning, risk management, and safeguarding interventions.
• Safeguarding Experience: Experience undertaking safeguarding enquiries and managing safeguarding concerns involving vulnerable adults.
• Multi-Agency Working: Strong experience working collaboratively with health professionals, community teams, care providers, carers, families, and partner agencies.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication, report-writing, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Professional Practice: Commitment to strengths-based, person-centred practice and continuous professional development. 

Why Liquid Personnel? 

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies 
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal 
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge 
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK 
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* 
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us * 

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes. 

Reasonable Adjustments: 

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. 
 

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