SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER & ORGANISATIONAL LEAD FOR SAFEGUARDING ADULTS AND CHILDREN, AND MCA & DOLS

Location: Saint Catherines Hospice, Scarborough
Hours: Full-time or Part-time Considered
Salary: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 31/08/25
Are you an experienced and passionate Social Worker ready to take the next step in your career? Do you thrive in a supportive, compassionate environment where excellence, person-centred care, integrity, and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do?
Saint Catherine’s is seeking a Senior Social Worker to join our multidisciplinary team, providing vital support to patients and families across our hospice services. This is a key leadership role with both clinical and strategic responsibilities.

As our Senior Social Worker, you will:

• Lead and manage a small team of Social Workers, offering supervision, mentorship, and professional development support.
• Promote excellence in social work practice, delivering high-quality, holistic support to patients and families facing life-limiting illness and bereavement.
• Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), contributing to patient-centred care planning and ethical decision-making.
• Provide education and training both within the hospice and externally, supporting the development of best practices in palliative and end-of-life social care.
• Serve as the Organisational Lead for Safeguarding Adults and Children, ensuring robust safeguarding policies and practices across the organisation.
• Act as the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Lead, supporting staff through guidance, education, supervision, audits, and service development.
• Lead on quality improvement initiatives, audits, and the development of policies to enhance our psychosocial and safeguarding services.