Social Worker

at  St Michaels Hospice

Spinal Point Range: 18,20,22 Hours: 15-22.5 (Wed-Fri) Department: Supportive Care Location: St Michaels Hospice, Bartestree Reports to: Lead Social Worker Service provision Provide a highly skilled, specialist palliative social work service to those individuals, children, adults and families at highest risk of social, emotional and/or family breakdown during illness and bereavement within the hospice and home environment. Assist in identifying, assessing and monitoring the impact of illness, dying and bereavement on individuals and family dynamics. Design, implement, monitor and evaluate individual and family interventions to promote the social and emotional well-being of all those affected, patients, carers and family members. Provide lead social work support in the day hospice element of the in-reach services.
Provide and engage external support provision in a timely manner in order to meet the needs of patients and their families. To support and work alongside the volunteers within the Listening Support Service Promote flexibility of social care provision; increase opportunities for family and group work with patients, adult carers, children and adolescents (alongside HOPE). Work with external community agencies and resources to promote support services for palliative care patients and families. Contribute to grant applications for social and psychological care services and projects as required.
You will also provide advice and support for the wider hospice team around responding to safeguarding issues within palliative care.Communication and Education Liaison and collaboration with external health and social care agencies, schools and colleges (alongside HOPE) to develop more proactive, multi-disciplinary supportive palliative care service provision throughout the County of Herefordshire. Initiate and facilitate referrals to external providers where appropriate to optimise the use and development of resources available in the community. Assist in the collation of user feedback and undertake needs analysis, research and audit to inform service development as required. Assist in educating and supporting the Hospice MDT in the development and application of legislative policies and procedures e.g.
DOLS and Safeguarding. Progress integration of the specialist supportive care model into true multi-disciplinary working pre- and post-bereavement within Hospice practice (community patient, out-patient, day-patient and in-patient services) to enhance patient and carer experience. Operate as part of an expert social work resource, internally and externally. To work alongside the wider multidisciplinary team in promoting the Rehabilitative Palliative Care approach enabling people to live fully until they die.
Attends Supportive Care team meeting

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