Qualified Social Worker - Hospital Discharge

💼 Qualified Social Worker – Hospital Discharge
📍 Location: Merseyside
💷 Pay Rate: £46 per hour
🕒 Contract Type: Agency
 
We’re looking for an experienced Qualified Social Worker to join a dynamic and supportive Hospital Discharge Team in Merseyside. If you're confident in a hospital setting and passionate about delivering timely, person-centred support — this role is for you.

🏥 The Role:
As part of this fast-paced hospital team, you’ll be working with adults and their families at key moments in their care journey — supporting safe, efficient hospital discharges and reducing delayed transfers of care. You’ll assess needs, coordinate services, and help individuals regain independence — all while navigating complex systems and collaborating with health and social care partners.
 
✨ Key Responsibilities:

• Complete timely assessments of adults in hospital and identify safe discharge pathways
• Work with families, hospital teams, and community providers to coordinate care plans
• Uphold best practice and legal frameworks (Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, etc.)
• Use your professional judgement to manage risk, safeguarding, and capacity concerns
• Maintain clear, accurate, and strengths-based case recordings
• Promote independence, dignity, and person-centred planning

 
✅ About You:

• Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England
• Minimum 2 years’ experience, ideally within hospital discharge or adult services
• Confident in managing hospital discharges, capacity assessments, and safeguarding
• Skilled at working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Calm under pressure, clear in communication, and solution-focused

 
🌟 Why Pertemps?
We offer full support and make the process easy:

• A dedicated consultant who knows your sector and gets to know you
• Streamlined registration process (all online)
• Referral bonuses and incentives
• Ongoing compliance and support
• Prompt and reliable weekly payroll

 
📍 Ideal for professionals based in or near:  Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, St Helens, Wigan, Warrington, Widnes, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Skelmersdale, Bootle, Runcorn, Huyton, Southport, and surrounding areas.
Not quite right for you? We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work — including Adults, Mental Health, Hospital Discharge, Learning Disabilities, Safeguarding, and more. We also hire for Team Manager, IRO, BIA, and AMHP positions.
 
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📩 Get in touch today to apply or find out more.