Adults Social Worker - Hospital Discharge (£30.00ph)

Location: Rochdale M24 1AY

Contract: Ongoing 

Rate: £30

Start: ASAP

About the Role:

Rochdale Adult Care is CQC rated GOOD and is pleased to offer an opportunity for a positive enthusiastic Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England to join the Home First Hospital Discharge Hub, based within the Integrated Middleton Locality.

Hospital Social Work requires you to be a confident, dynamic fast paced individual with excellent communication skills. You will have experience and motivation to work with adults, their carers’ and develop positive relationships with health colleagues across the hospital sites. Working within timescales and deadlines is essential for this role

It is an exciting time across Adult Care, as we embark and continue on our change and transformation journey to truly make a difference to the lives of our residents.

Our workforce is our biggest asset and a lot has been done which we are really proud of but there is a lot still to do. We are looking for amazing people who share our vision and values to join our team and have some fantastic opportunities for a motivated and forward thinking Social Worker to join our Home First Discharge Hub Team.

Our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are at the heart of our adult care service, delivering and reviewing innovative services for our residents, helping to reduce health inequalities, enhance life and support independent living. We work across friendly, dynamic teams alongside our district nurse colleagues with a focus on partnership working to achieve best practice and desired outcomes for our residents. We take pride in everything we do to ensure our services continue to be of an excellent and high quality standard.

What are we looking for?

• You will be an experienced social worker and will have current hospital social work experience
• You will have excellent knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and confident experience in completion of Mental Capacity Assessments/Best Interest Processes
• You will promote a strength based approach to assessments and are able to think creativley with solutions to support planning to meet care needs on discharge from hospital as within the objectives of the Care Act 2014. Additionally, you are expected to promote the independence and well-being of service users and carers, utilising natural support and the voluntary sector
• You will be an effective multi-tasker with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
• You will be motivated and forward thinking, who can demonstrate professionalism and enthusiasm
• You will be a team player
• You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• You will have excellent ICT skills and be able to use a range of packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
• You will have a real attention for detail and be able to maintain accurate and detailed records using both manual and electronic systems.
• You will be expected to visit all hospital sites local to Rochdale and ouf of area as with the needs of the service and access to a car is essential
• You will be expected to be office based and respond to the demands on the day, but there is an opportunity for some home working
• You will be expected to be part of the duty team