Position: Medical Social Worker
Contract: Permanent Full time
Hours: 35hrs hours per week
Salary range: HSE Consolidated pay-scale 1st August 2025
Reporting to: The Senior Medical Social Work
Responsible to: The Principal Medical Social Worker
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
* A recognised qualification as a Social Worker
* Registration with CORU essential
* Experience with Fair Deal, the Nursing Home Support Scheme, and Home Care Package processes as relevant to the role (Desirable)
* All candidates need to have completed the HSE Infection Prevention Control module on HSEland: 1. Hand hygiene for clinical staff, 2. Breaking the Chain of Infection and 3. Putting on and Taking Off PPE in Healthcare Settings.
* Demonstrates an ability to assess psychosocial factors impacting on a frail older person
* Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of illness, hospitalisation and disability on a frail older person and their family
* Knowledge of policy, legislation and best practice guidelines relevant to social work practice issues.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will carry out the following duties. Please note this list is not exhaustive and additional duties may be required but will be discussed in detail with the line manager.
Job Overview
* Provide a comprehensive social work service to patients and families, to include psycho-social assessment, intervention, discharge planning, follow up or referral on as required to statutory and/or voluntary services.
* Work with and advise the multi-disciplinary team in the relevant areas on assessment outcomes.
* Develop effective working relationships with and between clients/service users, statutory and non-statutory agencies and professionals.
* Attend team and multidisciplinary team meetings as required.
* Manage and prioritise a caseload as required.
* Have adequate knowledge of HSE(and other) policies, procedures and law relevant to the agency or individual circumstances. Work in accordance with statutory and legal requirements.
* Keep accurate signed records of all social work intervention.
* Carry out any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post that may be assigned by the Principal Medical Social Worker.
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