Hospital Social Worker

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

Are you a practicing social worker registered with Social work England? Do you have an interest in mental health and inpatient working?

If so this position might be perfect for you.

This role entails working across Gloucester and Cheltenham to cover Wotton lawn hospital, laurel house and Honeybourne units. It is a very Dynamic and important role which encourages solution finding and integrated multidisciplinary working to support the journey of WORKING AGE adults through admission and beyond discharge.

Hours per week FULL TIME–37.5 hrs per week - part-time and flexible working will be considered

Wotton Lawn Hospital tour - YouTube

Main duties of the job

To act as an inpatient social worker for working age acute/recovery inpatients admitted to Psychiatric hospitals across Gloucestershire.

The role will entail working to find solutions to complicated needs/troubles.

Working collaboratively with other professions and care sectors.

Ensuring clear communication is maintained and working efficiently to provide care.

Knowledge of the Care act, mental health and mental capacity act are essential to ensure that process and procedures are followed and safe and best outcomes are measured.

An expectation of this role will be to role model and or tutor juniors/students.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.