Social Worker - Children and Families

Job summary

Please apply via our website - www.pah.org.uk/join our team

About the role:

As a Social Worker for Children and Families, you'll play a central role in supporting children, young people, and their families through the emotional complexities of terminal illness and bereavement. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact during some of the most vulnerable moments in a persons life.

You'll work directly with families before and after a death, using therapeutic approaches to help children express their feelings, build resilience, and adapt to change. Your expertise will also guide and support colleagues across the hospice, particularly in safeguarding matters, and you'll contribute to the development of policies, groupwork initiatives, and staff training programmes.

Beyond the hospice, you'll engage with schools and community organisations to help build their confidence and capacity in supporting children affected by serious illness and loss. This outward-facing aspect of the role is key to extending our reach and ensuring that compassionate, informed care is available wherever its needed.

Main duties of the job

About you:

You're a qualified and compassionate social worker with a strong foundation in counselling, advocacy and emotional support. You're confident in building effective working relationships with other health and social care professionals and thrive in collaborative, multi-disciplinary environments.

With experience in statutory social work within health and social care settings, you bring a solid understanding of safeguarding procedures and the wider social services system. Youre skilled at engaging with diverse communities, ensuring that every child, young person, and family receives care that is inclusive, respectful, and tailored to their individual needs.

Your communication and interpersonal skills are key to your practice, enabling you to work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring every patient and their needs are always at the heart of what you do.

If you're passionate about social work in palliative and end-of-life care, share our values and are looking for a dynamic role where your skills will be valued and developed, wed love to hear from you!

About us:

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, South West London and Middlesex.

About us

Here at Princess Alice Hospice, youll have the opportunity to make a satisfying, rewarding difference to the lives of our patients, their families and friends, and be supported every step of the way. Were small enough for you to see the impact your social worker skills have - every day, and big enough to support you with training, development and opportunities to grow.

Our benefits:As well as joining an organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include:

• 27 days annual leave plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years service and 33 days after 10 years service (pro rata for part time)
• educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
• monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
• clinical supervision (regular and we ensure its protected time)
• an annual development day - protected time for you and your learning
• Access to a Group Personal Pension Plan (provided by Scottish Widows) plus we also offer an Auto-enrolment pension with NEST. If you have been a member of the NHS Pension Scheme, you may be able to continue your contributions to that scheme during your time at Princess Alice Hospice.
• Excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
• wellbeing care - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.

Employer details

Employer name

Princess Alice Hospice

Address

West End Lane

Esher

Surrey

KT10 8NA

Employer's website

https://www.pah.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Princess Alice Hospice

Address

West End Lane

Esher

Surrey

KT10 8NA

Employer's website

https://www.pah.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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