Social worker/care manager

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Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:

• is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked 'Good' by the CQC;
• is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
• is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
• offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
• and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

Job overview

• Are you are committed to providing a high level of service and person-centre care to promote and enable services user to remain at home and independent?
• Are you are able to work on your own initiative and skills to be part of a larger interdisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

We need a professionally qualified Social worker/ care manager with a high level of communication skills who can complete complex health and social care assessments in the community for service users with an acute need.

This job is working as part of urgent response care management team to complete timely assessments and provide "wrap-around" packages of care to meet social and health care needs in partnership with therapist and other health staff.

Working for our organisation

So what else?

• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

The small print

• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the Scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
• Previous applicants need not apply

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work within the integrated team providing a care management service for patients requiring a short-term package of care to prevent hospital admission and facilitate a timely discharge from hospital
• To provide a 7 day service to support related Health and Social Care Teams working in the acute sector and in the community.
• To support the Intermediate Care pathway with care management intervention as required and identified by the Operational Manager.
• To manage a caseload of patients from referral through to discharge or
  transfer of care within a maximum 6-week period.
• To assess the patient needs, evaluate action required, negotiate for and coordinate the application of resources to provide care.
• Monitor the outcomes to meet the needs of the patients in order to maintain or adapt to a more normal or safer lifestyle.
• Work to team, organisation and national objectives to ensure a high quality of patient focused care is maintained

Full JD can be found in the attachments

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Degree or Equivalent Professional Qualification
• Experience - working in a social care field

Desirable criteria

• Experience of MDT working
• Qualification in Counselling
• Experience of RIO/Mosaic

Desirable

Essential criteria

• Relevant current experience of practice

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the community

Essential

Essential criteria

• Good case management skills and multidisciplinary working across the health and social care economy.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of rehabilitation

MCH Values

Essential criteria

• caring and compassionate, deliver quality and value, working in partnership

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 week of the closing date; no discourtesy is intended in not contacting you if your application is rejected.

When completing your application, please include the email addresses and contact telephone numbers for your referees; your referees should be your line managers / course tutors for the last 3 years.

MCH is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a compassionate and inclusive workplace and values diversity of all people. We prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any kind and wish to provide our employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At the heart of our values, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect and provide a workplace where people feel they belong.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MCH. We are positive about disability and we guarantee interviews to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria as specified in the job description. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the interview and selection process and through their employee journey.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Care manager/social worker JD (PDF, 624.3KB)
• Working with us v2.6 2023 - 2024 (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Social Value Report 2022-2023 (PDF, 2.0MB)
• Our flexible working commitment (PDF, 672.2KB)