Job responsibilities
To be an integrated member of the multidisciplinary
teams in the inpatient unit, therapy, and community
team
To jointly manage the psychosocial team, including volunteers
and students
To work in close co-operation with other members of
the Patient and Family Support Team (PFST) to
provide integrated specialist psychosocial palliative social work and
bereavement support both internally and externally
To develop patient and family support in line with
hospice strategy
To participate in the daily triage and assessment of
all patients referred into the PFST ensuring the safety and appropriate
response time of all referrals
To make and sustain links with external agencies and
sources of social support relevant to the provision of specialist palliative
care at St Clare Hospice
To jointly lead the Children and Young people
safeguarding initiative and support in the design, delivery, and management of
training for all hospice staff and volunteers as well as Mental Capacity Act
(MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (DoLS)
To contribute to the delivery of training to
external agencies and organisations
To provide workplace support or supervision to other
staff members where needed
To assist in the provision of teaching and support
to nursing and other staff on issues such as social work skills and knowledge
To work closely with community engagement team
members and volunteers to provide social supportive interventions, establish
community links and develop the service
To manage own boundaries and raise any concerns
around this
To participate in meetings, working groups and
committees as necessary within the service
To maintain concise and accurate client / patient
records on both IT systems and paper files
To be aware of national guidance and standards
relating to palliative care, social work support
To be aware of national, regional, and local
healthcare issues and targets and plans that are relevant to palliative care
social work support
To develop an understanding of, and be sympathetic
to, the need for evidence-based practice and service evaluation
To communicate frequently and accurately within the
service and to other service providers, verbally, by telephone, and by letter
and by email
To have good basic office administration skills
including the ability to use Word and PowerPoint and organise goals
Communication
To communicate frequently and accurately within the
service and to other service providers, verbally, by telephone, by letter and
by email
To exchange and discuss highly complex information
both with patients and other professionals
To refer on to other healthcare providers and
agencies, such as GPs
To liaise with other healthcare professionals and
agencies
To participate in regular supervision in accordance
with organisational requirements and standards set out by Social Work England
Education and Quality
To work alongside the Medical Director and Education
Steering Group to ensure that Social Work is integral to any education designed
by the hospice
To provide teaching and support to multidisciplinary
staff on safeguarding/MCA/DoLS, including relevant national guidance, factoring
in the evaluation process
To support volunteers by providing training and
on-going supervision in collaboration with team colleagues
To be committed to own continuing professional
development in accordance with professional registration requirements
To participate in the development of the Strategic plan and the specialist service at St
Clare Hospice
Children and Young People Safeguard Lead
Role & Adult Safeguard Deputy
Advise and support the Senior Leadership Team in
developing and establishing the hospices approach to safeguarding
Play a lead role in maintaining and reviewing the
hospices plan for safeguarding.
Create policies, procedures, and safeguarding
resources to be used throughout the hospice
Advise on safeguard training needs and development,
sourcing external training where required and provide training where
appropriate
Implementing and co-leading the safeguarding
supporters programme as a way of sharing information and responsibility for
safeguarding across the hospice teams
Contributing and attending the Local West Essex
Local Operational Group (LOG) meetings for Children and Young People
Maintaining and developing professional competencies
in relation to Safeguarding
Proactive in attending high quality supervision
(currently with the ICB) and any development, training, and professional
support available through relevant networks
Maintaining an awareness and providing a
professional joint lead on activities related to the MCA and DoLS and their
impact upon Safeguarding Adults work
Develop Quality Standards for Safeguarding Children
and Young People and undertaking regular audit of practice within the hospice
Provide safeguarding advice, support and supervision
to all staff teams and volunteers across the hospice
Daily monitoring of documented safeguard concerns to
ensure processed and responded to appropriately
Managing safeguarding concerns, allegations or
incidents reported within the hospice
