Hospital Social Worker Powys

To work alongside Powys residents aged 65 + to facilitate their safe and timely transfer from acute hospital settings in line with Welsh Government hospital discharge service requirements and utilising discharge to recover and assess guidance.

To identify the most appropriate discharge pathway for a person which supports a ‘What Matters’ strengths-based approach to safeguard and promote their independence.

To liaise with professionals, the individual, their family, and carers to determine a person’s correct discharge pathway and to raise any obstacles which impact upon timely discharge.

To work alongside system partners and the Hospital Social Work Team to unblock these obstacles so that Powys residents can return home from hospital without unnecessary delays.

To contribute to the statutory obligations under the Mental Capacity Act (2005), the Mental Health Act (1983), the Mental Health Wales Measure (2010) and the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act (2014).

This is an exciting role within a newly developed team where you will be able to establish and develop the role within the locality and be a link for adult social care within the hospitals.