Social Work Assistant (Band 4)

The Vacancy

• Do you have experience of working alongside social workers?
• Do you have an interest in supporting people in advanced stages of illness, their carers and families?
• Are you passionate about reducing inequalities and maximising quality of life for the people you work with?

If so, this role in our palliative care social work team could be for you.

About the role: 

The Social Work Team works alongside patients, families and carers who need palliative social work support.  The role requires working with patients in the inpatient unit and community settings, including patient’s homes.

The team works collaboratively with families and carers, community nursing teams, wider hospice services and external organisations to support people in the advanced stages of illness to access the support they need and plan for the future.

The successful candidate will join a friendly and professional team who make a real difference to patients and their families at the most challenging time. This role allows the time to build trusting relationships and the opportunity to support in creative ways.

About the person:

You will manage your own caseload, therefore the ability to work independently is essential.

We are looking for someone who can support patients, families and carers with sensitivity and compassion.

You will have experience of working with people approaching the end of their life in a health or social care service

You must have a clean driving licence and access to a car as we work across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage own caseload
• Ability to work independently
• Assess and plan support, joint working with a qualified social worker where appropriate
• Provide emotional support
• Multi-disciplinary team working 

What we can offer you:

• Joining a friendly, supportive and experienced team
• Thorough induction and excellent professional development opportunities
• Salary from £27,061 up to £29,696 annum (FTE), dependent on experience
• Tuesday-Friday 7.5 hours per day but open for discussion
• Office location: St Peter’s Hospice, Brentry, Bristol
• Type of position: Permanent
• No unsociable shifts etc.

You must have a clean driving licence and access to a car.

Due to the nature of the work involved, this role is exempt from the ROA and the jobholder will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check. 

We will also require a vaccination history or evidence of immunity. 

We will be screening and offering interviews as we receive applications and therefore strongly encourage applications as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK before they apply for a vacancy and be able to provide evidence of this 

About Us

We’ve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace, and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise, we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.

We’re here for the people around our patients too – those closest to them. Before, during and after a bereavement, we provide support that’s remembered forever.

We think it’s that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peter’s. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. We’re not exaggerating when we say that we couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really can’t thank them enough.  

We want to help many more people to die well. And we’re doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence, we share our skills with other health professionals, helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care. 

We’re here for all, for free, forever. 

The Benefits

If you join our clinical team, we offer NHS Agenda for Change benefits such as: 

• NHS equivalent salaries
• Generous holiday entitlement and recognition for previous NHS service (up to 33 days for 10 years' service)
• Continuation in the NHS pension scheme for existing members
• Recognition of previous NHS service for sick pay