About this role
Job summary At St Lukes, every role helps us provide compassionate, person-centred palliative and end-of-life care. Were looking for a Specialist Palliative Care Social Worker to join our multidisciplinary team and make a meaningful difference for patients with life-limiting illness, and for the families, carers and communities around them.
We seek to employ, engage with, and care equally for all we encounterstriving to make our services and workplace free from barriers, and our attitudes free from prejudice, treating everyone as a unique individual.
Main duties of the job You will provide a specialist social work service within palliative care, offering assessment, guidance and support to people living with life-limiting conditions and to those important to them. Working across inpatient, outpatient and community settings, youll act as a key social work resource within the Hospicebringing expert advice and intervention to support holistic care, including safeguarding and legal frameworks such as the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), best-interest decision-making and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
About us St Lukes is an organisation that is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of all those affected by a terminal illness in Sheffield. Our purpose is to give patients and their families the high-quality care they need, treating each person as a unique individual. We promise to listen to their wishes and choices, tailoring our care and support so they can make the most of every day. We work with others to champion improvements in end-of-life care, in Sheffield and beyond.
Everyone who works at St Luke's makes a difference. St Lukes plays a key role in helping terminally ill people in Sheffield and you could join the team that makes St Lukes so special.
Job description Job responsibilities Manage a complex and sometimes unpredictable caseload, prioritising need and risk across hospice and community settings. Undertake holistic assessments considering social, emotional, psychological, spiritual, cultural, financial and practical needs. Provide direct therapeutic and supportive interventions to individuals, families and carers (1:1, family or group work, as appropriate). Support people affected by loss, grief and bereavement, including around end-of-life care. Contribute to discharge planning, transitions of care and joint working with statutory and voluntary services. Provide advocacy and guidance relating to benefits, housing, financial support and access to services. Offer safeguarding advice and support to colleagues; apply MCA/DoLS and safeguarding frameworks in day-to-day practice. Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team (MDT), contributing to meetings, handovers and case discussions. Maintain accurate records and contribute to audit, service evaluation, research and quality improvement.
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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.
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Employer details Employer name St Luke’s Hospice
Address Little Common Lane
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S11 9NE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stlukeshospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)