Job Title: Medical Social Worker Location: Raheen, Limerick Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per week) Salary: In line with HSE Medical Social Worker Pay Scales This is a fantastic opportunity to join a modern 80 bedded step-down facility, to support older persons transitioning from acute hospital care to home or community settings.
This service focuses on rehabilitation, reablement, and safe discharge planning in a warm, homely, single-occupancy ensuite environment.
You will play a pivotal role in shaping the social work service from the outset and making a real, lasting impact on patients and families at a critical stage in their recovery journey.
This role will suit a Medical Social Worker who: Is confident working autonomously and taking ownership of complex cases Has a genuine passion for older persons services Values multidisciplinary collaboration while maintaining professional independence Wants to be part of building a new service from the ground up You will be a key member of the Multi Disability Team, ensuring that each patient's psychosocial needs are fully assessed, addressed, and incorporated into safe, robust discharge planning.
Key Responsibilities Provide high-quality medical social work assessment and intervention to patients and families experiencing illness, trauma, or functional decline.
Support patients in adjusting to illness, injury, or changes in independence, offering emotional, practical, and psychosocial support.
Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support holistic care planning and safe, effective discharge planning.
Assess social circumstances, family dynamics, housing, safeguarding concerns, and support needs.
Advocate on behalf of patients and families to ensure access to appropriate community supports, services, and resources.
To develop robust and comprehensive patient care plans/discharge plans in partnership with the patient, their family and the multi-disciplinary team to effect detailed and safe transfer to the community setting.
Carry a caseload that incorporates for example cases that are a mix of complex, urgent, emergency, priority, routine, generic, episodic, and acute and many more.
Performance management systems are part of the role and you will be required to participate in the Group's performance management programme and this will be undertaken on a regular and routine basis as directed by the Director of Clinical Services and the Principal Social Worker.
Maintain awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all activities.
Participate in regular and routine supervision incorporating the functions of supervision including case management, accountability, and role in the agency, professional development/research, reflective practice and mediation amongst other aspects of the process.
To provide a comprehensive social work and counselling service to all patients and their families.
To develop strong co-working multi-disciplinary professional relationships that foster person centre patient care collaboratively.
Support patients and families with complex decision-making, including capacity, consent, and care planning where required.
Essential Requirements: Recognised qualification in Social Work.
CORU registration as a Social Worker (essential).
Strong knowledge of safeguarding, capacity legislation, and ethical practice Experience working in a medical, healthcare, or hospital setting.
Experience working with older persons (desirable) Strong assessment, intervention, and advocacy skills.
Experience working with adults and families experiencing illness, disability, or social vulnerability.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and multidisciplinary working skills.
Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively.
Why Join This Service: Permanent, full-time role within an HSE-supported service.
Opportunity to work in a modern, patient-centred transitional care environment.
Be part of a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team.
Make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, wellbeing, and safe discharge.
Access to supervision, CPD, and professional development opportunities.
How to Apply For further information or to apply, please contact Charlene Cooke at Excel Recruitment on for a confidential discussion.
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