Social Worker Assistant

at  Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Location: Peace Hospice, Watford
• Salary: £23,272 - £24,823 per annum
  We are looking for a social work support worker who has experience of working with adults and their families.
  Providing psychosocial and practical support as necessary, to patients and family members.

You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:

• To monitor referrals and complete day-to-day tasks as allocated by the Senior Social Worker.
• To manage own caseload, with the support of the line manager.
• Help patients, their carers, and families to establish their needs, and support them to understand how they may access services that can meet their need.
• Advocate for patients and carers as needed with other statutory and voluntary agencies.
• One-to-one interviews and direct work either assessing needs and risk and / or providing emotional support for patients and family carers. This work can take place on site or potentially in patients’ homes.
• To give basic benefits advice and make referrals to specialist benefits advisors as required.
• To offer social support and pre bereavement support to patients and their carers.
• When in direct contact with patients and carers, offer support, guidance, signposting and referral to services if required including referral to bereavement services after the death of a patient.
• To promote an understanding within the multi-disciplinary team of the social difficulties encountered by patients and their carers to influence the development of their care plans.
• Maintain confidentiality and good professional practice, to esure that there is the fullest cooperation with external agencies in the patient’s best interests.
• To ensure carers of adult palliative care patients are provided with the opportunity to have their needs assessed using the Zarit tool.
• To keep up to date confidential records on all cases, in line with organisational standards. To be competent in using computers and have computer literacy skills to support the role. To complete basic administration duties.
• To be interested in training opportunities, and to be personally responsible for growth within the role and developing skills in line with organisational and role changes as required. To seek and accept regular supervision both formal and informal from your line manager.
• Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we’re all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life-limiting illness and those who care for them, to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease of access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across West Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. It’s important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.

Please refer the Job description for details