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THIS ROLE HAS A STARTING SALARY OF £46,399 PER ANNUM, BASED ON A 36-HOUR WORKING WEEK, MONDAY TO FRIDAY.

We are excited to be hiring a new Senior Social Worker to join our vibrant East Surrey Hospital adult social care team. The team is based in Redhill and covers East Surrey Hospital (part of The Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust), as well as working with adults who have recently been discharged under the NHS funded Discharge-to-Assess (D2A) scheme. We are a friendly team with a strong emphasis on promoting personal and professional development and progression.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Social Worker, you will supervise and support staff, as well as carrying cases, and work alongside the team managers to improve processes and help shape the team. You will need to be flexible to work in a hospital environment but be confident that support is always available where needed by a very experienced management team. You will also benefit from a structured induction programme to familiarise yourself with the hospital processes.

You will regularly be meeting with adults and their carers to understand their needs, how they can be supported and to provide the best outcomes as they see it and to get back home if possible. Your work can include but is not limited to:

• Care Act Section 9 and Carers assessments with adults, their families and advocates
• Mental capacity assessments and Best Interest Decisions.
• Safeguarding work
• Partnership working with our acute and community Health partners, locality colleagues, charity and voluntary organisations.
• Assisting to ensure duty hub work is carried out to support the hospital system
• Providing structured supervision to a small number of team members

The service runs from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. To manage a 7 day per week service, we have a small roster of bank staff for weekends with any welcome to join as they like.
While we are largely hospital based, there is flexibility available with remote working and flexible hours and can be discussed at interview or on commencement in the post.