Job overview
Highly Specialist Social Worker
Part-time (30 hours)
Band 7 (salary dependent on experience)
Would you like to work in an environment that provides high quality therapy and care in a dynamic and therapeutic environment? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced qualified social worker to join our team supporting the timely transition of patients with complex neurological disability into the community following a period of rehabilitation.
The Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit (RHRU) is a 24 bed in-patient specialist neuro-rehabilitation service which offers intensive multi-disciplinary neuro-rehabilitation to adults with severe and complex cognitive, communicative, physical and psychosocial difficulties.
The postholder will be required to provide assessments of patients supporting their transition from hospital to returning to the community. You will have excellent organisational and negotiation skills and knowledge of health and social care pathways and assessment tools. You will have experience of mental capacity and a good understanding of safeguarding and deprivation of liberty policies. You will work closely with patient’s treating team and will be expected to liaise with a wide range of external agencies across the South East of England.
You will be able to balance the complex interaction of risk, safety, and patient choice. You will work as a key worker alongside other key workers to support patients through their rehabilitation pathway.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing assessment and evaluation for patients with a wide range of complex physical, sensory, perceptual, cognitive, behavioural and communication problems within the rehabilitation setting, supporting patient’s as they transition from being in hospital to returning to the community.
- Manage own caseload working in close collaboration of the multidisciplinary team and other external agencies to ensure complex care plans and rehabilitation/maintenance therapy is set up to meet ongoing needs in the community.
- Work as a key worker to support patients and their families through the rehabilitation journey, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies
- Provide professional leadership in situations which have highly complex case arrangements including situations which involve Capacity, DoL’s, risk, complexity and safeguarding of the patient or children within the patient’s family.
- Provide specialist advice relating to the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare/NHS Funded Nursing Care, leading, guiding and directing team members to complete referrals and assessments in line with the specified timelines.
- Manage and supervise RHRU’s Discharge Coordinator and Information and Benefits Advisor
- To manage any complicated issues which may arise on a day-to-day basis. If required to support the MDT in emergency situation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent time management skills; ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills and excellent report writing skills
Education and training
Essential
- Degree level qualification in Social Care with recognised Social Worker Qualification
- State Registration with Social Work England
- Post-graduate attendance of relevant courses.
Desirable
- Membership of specialist group in relevant area of work
- Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS)
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Excellent knowledge of the Continuing Healthcare process
- Excellent knowledge of social services provision across a range of social services
- Extensive post qualifying experience of working as a social worker in the community or hospital setting.
Desirable
- Experience in neurology and neurological rehabilitation
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Social Worker with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in Harrow, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum Including High Cost Area Supplement pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jun 2026.
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