Unplanned Care

Medacs Healthcare are recruiting for a Level 1 Band 5 Social Worker in the Lichfield area working with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be accountable on a day to day basis to the Advanced Social Work Practitioner, who will allocate, monitor and review all work through regular informal and formal supervision. The post holder will also be professionally supported by the Advanced Social Work Practitioner.

The Social Worker will have a key role to play in relation to supporting the delivery both the personalisation and social inclusion agendas ensuring quality public facing services including health and social care services. The role will involve assessing; accessing; and implementing a range of social care services, and providing guidance/advice and information for adults with acute or long term physical health, mental health needs and for older people and carers. The post holder will be required to be an integrated and supportive member of a team, planning, actioning, monitoring and evaluating work with the supervision of an experienced Social Worker and the Advanced Social Work Practitioner lead.

The post holder is responsible for supporting the delivery of health and social care functions for adults/carers within the Community and where relevant Hospital/ Inpatient settings providing social work knowledge and expertise within the domain of assessments, care and support planning, reviews and requests for information, advice and guidance.

The post holder is responsible for working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for adults/carers on defined care and support pathways with particular emphasis on ensuring safe and effective transitions. The post-holder is responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting adults/carers to access services/support in the independent and non-statutory sector.

The post holder will be responsible for upholding Trust Quality standards including Customer Services quality standards to all callers including adults/carers new and/or known to the service, and for obtaining and recording with care and providing up to date/accurate case and performance recording requirements.

For further information regarding the role please contact Kelli Thomas on or