Joining our Queen Alexandra Hospital Social Work Team as an Assistant Team Manager, you'll work with professional health and social care colleagues to deliver excellent social work services. As an experienced, qualified Social Worker, you'll handle safeguarding, complex cases and resource allocation, helping adults leaving hospital achieve the best outcomes.
Main duties of the job
What you'll do:
* Lead and manage Senior Case Workers and Social Workers.
* Handle a small, complex caseload.
* Assess risk.
* Support the duty function and deputise for the Team Manager.
* Assist in strategic planning and service delivery.
* Provide regular supervision and support to team members.
About us
We have teams based at five major hospitals in Hampshire: Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, University Hospital Southampton, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, and Frimley Park Hospital based on the Hampshire/Surrey border. Each team has a Social Work Discharge Team.
Our teams work in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary environment, closely working with our colleagues in Health, Social Care, providers, and the voluntary sector to ensure a safe, timely, and sustainable discharge plan. We focus on supporting the recovery and rehabilitation of individuals, identifying long-term needs, safeguarding, and maximizing independence. We work across a range of sites including acute hospitals and community hospitals to plan onward care for people in their own homes as well as short-term and longer-term care services.
Our professional and highly dedicated teams offer a supportive space for colleagues to grow and develop. With a diverse range of experience and skills within our teams, including clinical knowledge, colleagues will be encouraged to maximize their opportunities for personal development.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the link provided for the Candidate Pack, which contains further information and details regarding this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Please see link to Candidate Pack.
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Qualifications
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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.
£39,382 to £46,679 a year (inclusive of £3,000 per annum market supplement).
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