Clinical Social Worker-Social Worker
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Qualifications
- Experience:- Required: • Previous experience with direct patient care in a medical/healthcare setting. Desired: • N.A. Educational Qualification: Required: • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or equivalent AND • Postgraduate degree in Social Work (e.g. Masters or higher) Desired: • N.A.
Responsibilities
- Ensures being involved in the daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area, taking into account the changing/competing demands, and making decisions about prioritization of caseloads • Oversees and supervises junior staff and ensures their abidance to ongoing rules and policies as applied and implemented in the Section/Department/Facility Accountabilities • Manages frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances, and maintain substantial mental effort through frequent and intense levels of concentration and attention • Carries out initial comprehensive person- centered psychosocial assessments, plan and implement individual strategies of care to meet identified needs in conjunction with the service user, care giver and members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate and update the patient file history as required by JCI. • Maintains and promulgate the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self- governance in accordance with professional codes of practice • Prepares and acts as an advocate for the patient in ensuring that their expressed wishes are central when planning care to meet the patient long term care needs • Promotes and informing an awareness of social care/social work context and anti- discriminatory practice to other professionals and facilitate multi-disciplinary working • Respects the rights of the individual service user and their families, embracing values, spiritual beliefs and customs • Serves as an advocate for patients and families in ensuring that their expressed wishes are central when planning care to meet the clients long term care needs • Maintains and enforces confidential information about patients, staff, and others in accordance with professional codes of conduct and relevant legislation • Promotes, enables and empower individuals, families and carers through representation of rights; advocacy; nurturing strengths and capacities to make informed choices about highly complex life decisions • Liaises effectively with other agencies including government and charities involved in the care of individuals thereby maintaining and enhancing close professional working relationships • Collaborates and network and liaise with other professionals and external organizations to provide services to individuals, families and carers and to challenge and question when necessary in the best interests of the user
- Ensures being involved in the daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area, taking into account the changing/competing demands, and making decisions about prioritization of caseloads • Oversees and supervises junior staff and ensures their abidance to ongoing rules and policies as applied and implemented in the Section/Department/Facility Accountabilities • Manages frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances, and maintain substantial mental effort
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