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Palliative Care Social Worker, Birmingham
Client: Birmingham Hospice
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: d3f0c2829161
Job Views: 2
Posted: 26.03.2025
Expiry Date: 10.05.2025
Job Description:
Palliative Care Social Worker Band 5
Interview Date: TBC
Location: Multisite working between Selly Park and Erdington Hospices
Hours: Full time
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Clinical Band 5, £29,117 - £35,445 per year
"Happy to talk flexible working"
Birmingham Hospice, formed of Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices, is committed to improving the quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions, as well as supporting their families and loved ones during one of the most challenging periods they will ever face.
We are looking to recruit an empathetic Palliative Care Social Worker to join our team of dedicated Social Workers at Birmingham Hospice.
Our Palliative Care Social Workers at Birmingham Hospice specialise in working in partnership with patients who require specialist palliative or end-of-life care in addition to supporting their families, those they are close to and their communities. Using their specific skills and knowledge to help people to deal with the impact of a palliative diagnosis, including emotional support, to have a good life and a good death.
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a coordinated family support service across both Hospice sites. You will support the senior palliative care social worker to ensure that the service provides high standards of support to patients, their families, carers, loved ones, and communities, helping to influence and enhance best practice in palliative and end-of-life care involving both internal and external professional providers and agencies. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and be well-versed in Safeguarding, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), a thorough understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, and other relevant legislative frameworks.
You will work within the social team to help to provide the assessments and applications for both Social and Fast Track CHC packages of Care to ensure that the highest standards of care and support to our patients and loved ones are provided at the right time.
You will be a registered social worker with Social Work England and hold a full clean driving licence. You will be a sound communicator and will be authentic, open, honest, transparent, and have a track record of working inclusively with a genuine appreciation of the value of diversity.
In return, we offer the opportunity to be part of an amazing charity and team, generous holiday entitlement, wellbeing programmes, comprehensive training, and the opportunity to develop your career as a Social Worker.
To view the full job description for this role and to apply for this vacancy please visit our vacancies portal on our website.
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