Salary: Band 7 £36,916 – £46,837 (pro rata) per annum inclusive
Hours of work: 22.5 (3 days) per week
St. Joseph’s Hospice is a health care charity established in 1905 by the Religious Sisters of Charity and is today one of the largest and best-known hospices in the country. It provides high quality palliative and end of life care to a significant and growing number of people living with a life limiting illness in East London and beyond. It employs a large multi-disciplinary team of staff, who work across community, inpatient and outpatient services delivering individualised, responsive and holistic support to patients and their families/carers.
This is an exciting time of change for psycho-social care at St Joseph’s Hospice and we are seeking an enthusiastic, confident, innovative, and HCPC registered social worker with post qualifying experience in a healthcare setting and a grounding in statutory work.
You will need to have excellent communication, organisational and social work assessment skills, and be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the social, psychological and spiritual needs of individuals and families facing advanced disease, death and bereavement.
For further information please contact Jenny Watmore-Eve, Social Work Manager, on 0208 525 6018 or j.watmore-eve@stjh.org.uk
Applicants are subject to enhanced DBS check (previously CRB).
Job description and application form via website www.stjh.org.uk/current-vacancies or telephone Human Resources on 020 8525 6068.
Closing date: 8 September 2014
Interview date: 22 September 2014
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