Social Worker x 3 - Hospital Social Work Team

About Us At Hounslow

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits

About The Role

The main duties of a Social Worker in the Hospital Social Work Team include:

1. Supporting an integrated discharge hub in ensuring that residents are safely discharged with appropriate support in place.
2. Supporting the completion of Mental Capacity Assessments for residents admitted to Hospital in relation to decision-specific issues.
3. Ensuring that residents’ human rights are upheld and their right to a Private and Family Life is at the centre of our intervention.
4. Working jointly with health colleagues to triage referrals from Hospital Wards for residents identified as requiring support on discharge.
5. Completing Safeguarding enquiries for residents that have been subject to abuse or harm and following Pan-London Guidance.
6. Working as part of a duty service to respond to immediate issues on a regular basis.
7. Work collaboratively with residents, families and professionals to help co-ordinate appropriate discharge planning for residents.
8. The role is based on-site at Percy House, West Middlesex University Hospital and as such attendance in person on a daily basis in the office will be required.
9. You will be part of a weekend duty rota, which is rewarded with a market supplement in pay.
10. Previous experience within Hospital setting would be highly desirable.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

The Hospital Social Work Team is a fast-paced person-centred service that places the needs of our residents first. We have a strong team work ethic and attend the Hospital wards on a daily basis to spend valuable face-to-face time with our residents prior to their discharge. We fundamentally believe that all our residents are entitled to the best level of care and support and work tirelessly with our colleagues in the NHS to support safe discharges. We offer great opportunities for career development and if you are successful you will be supported to identify your areas of strength and how we can assist you in career progression.

About You

You will have contributed to a positive team culture and be a strong team member, with an emphasis on achieving collective goals and supporting colleagues on a daily basis.

You will bring experience of delivering positive outcomes for residents that you have worked with and demonstrate examples of where you have upheld human rights.

You will have sound and detailed knowledge of legislation such as the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

You will require a good knowledge of Ordinary Residence statutory guidance and Safeguarding Adults procedures to ensure that you meet the needs of the residents we work with on a daily basis.

You’ll have to demonstrate your ability to work to tight timescales in a fast-paced environment and be able to flexibly manage your day-to-day priorities.

Qualifications:

Social Work qualification required and/or awaiting certificate from Social Work England.

Essential For The Role:

Enhanced DBS will also be required.

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

Email:

Telephone: 0208 583 6209

Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 5th May 2025.