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Source: Liquid Personnel careers · View original posting
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Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult’s
Social Worker to join its client’s
Urgent & Emergency Care team, based in Nottingham.
This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated practitioner to work within a busy hospital-based service, supporting adults through discharge pathways and ensuring safe, timely, and person-centred transitions from hospital into the community.
Working across acute and sub-acute hospital settings, the successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking strengths-based assessments, coordinating discharge arrangements, and supporting individuals to maximise their independence whilst reducing reliance on long-term statutory services. You will work closely with health professionals, carers, families, community providers, and multidisciplinary partners to achieve the best possible outcomes for people requiring support following hospital admission.
This role requires an experienced Social Worker with strong knowledge of hospital discharge pathways, Discharge to Assess processes, the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Continuing Healthcare, and reablement services.
What will your responsibilities be?
Managing a caseload of adults requiring support through urgent care, hospital discharge, and Discharge to Assess pathways.
Undertaking Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, and support planning to identify eligible needs and facilitate safe discharge arrangements.
Applying strengths-based practice to support individuals to maximise independence, resilience, and community connections.
Working within Discharge to Assess pathways and supporting adults through discharge pathways 0-3.
Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and contributing to Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Assessing and managing risk effectively, making proportionate and defensible decisions to support positive outcomes.
Working closely with health professionals, therapists, discharge coordinators, carers, families, and community services to coordinate support.
Identifying opportunities for reablement, rehabilitation, and preventative interventions that reduce reliance on long-term services.
Supporting Continuing Healthcare processes and contributing to Decision Support Tool (DST) meetings where required.
Participating in multidisciplinary decision-making within Transfer of Care Hubs to support effective discharge planning.
Undertaking safeguarding interventions and responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns involving vulnerable adults.
Promoting timely discharge planning and ensuring individuals are discharged on or before their medically optimised discharge date wherever possible.
Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant assessments, reports, support plans, and case records.
Working collaboratively with system partners to achieve positive outcomes and improve patient flow through hospital services.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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