Senior Social Worker for Cancer and Palliative Care
- NHS
- Part Time
- Kingston upon Thames
- 51883.00 - 58544.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced and motivated Social worker to join the cancer and palliative care teams at Kingston & Richmond NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will provide excellent psychosocial support to inpatients and their families known to the hospital cancer and palliative care teams. The post holder will support developments around bereavement support and work closely with clinicians and managers in ensuring relevant national guidelines are followed and implemented supporting the delivery of high-quality care.
The successful applicant will have the right qualification and experience, including working with patients with life limiting conditions and their families, using a broad range of social work skills. You will be an effective communicator with good interpersonal skills and have experience of teaching. In return we offer you the opportunity to work within supportive teams, which promote and support ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an integral member of the hospital palliative care and cancer services teams. The post holder will provide expert social work and psychosocial support within the acute hospital setting for any adult patient and their carers under the care of the Hospital Palliative Care and Cancer Services teams. The role involves providing specialist advice, education and support to all those involved in the care and management of such patients, both inpatients and outpatients. The post holder will work in partnership with community colleagues from wider health and social services to facilitate seamless support delivery for patients and their families.
About us
Developmentand staff wellbeing
Your growthand personal happinessmattersto us.After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.From the moment you join us, we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly 'shoutouts' and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and the person specification as per the job role requiremnts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised qualification in Social Work, ie BA, BSc in social work
- Current registration with Social work England
Desirable
- MA in relevant discipline
- Certificate/diploma in counselling
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Several years relevant post qualifying experience
- Experience of working with cancer and palliative care patients and their carers including those with complex needs
- Experience of working with the bereaved/those facing bereavement
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating with other agencies within the health and social care settings.
- Knowledge and experience of handling highly complex relationships and interpersonal dynamics
- Teaching experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within a health care setting
- Experience of facilitation reflective practice
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Familiarity with NHS Continuing health care funding
- Experience of service evaluation
- Undertaken Audit, Research, Report Writing (lead or contributor, national or local basis)
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work with adults and children
- Ability to deal with highly complex interpersonal and communications skills and deal with contentious and challenging behaviour
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to record clearly and effectively.
- Diplomacy, organisational and motivational skills
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload
- Analytical skills, interpreting national and network guidelines and applying them to practice, both within and outside the Trust
Desirable
- Attended Advance communication skills course
- Counselling skills
- Experience in report writing
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the principles of palliative care
- Awareness of current and relevant research
- Awareness of the wider NHS/Voluntary sector perspectives relating to cancer and palliative care
- Policy development
- Working knowledge of relevant psychological theories and models of grief work
Desirable
- Previous work experience with a specialist palliative care team
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kingston Hospital
Galsworthy Road
Kingston upon Thames
KT2 7QB
Employer's website
https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
