As a Senior Social Worker in our Acute Frailty Assessment Unit (AFAU), you’ll play a crucial role in providing high-quality, compassionate care to our elderly and frail patients. You will work as part of a team of x2 social workers who lead in overseeing transfer of care arrangements for patients require short admissions in our AFAU.
AFAU is a Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service which is a 12 patient assessment space. We offer rapid assessment and care for older adults within a safe and dementia friendly environment. Patients will remain in the unit for no longer than 10 hours and thereafter discharged home with a plan of care or transferred to the relevant ward for further treatment.
You’ll be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, using your clinical skills and knowledge to assess, plan, and deliver person-centred care. This challenging yet rewarding position offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable patients. Join us in our commitment to excellence in frailty care and help shape the future of elderly patient services.
- To develop and implement personalized transfer of care plans for frail elderly patients.
- To collaborate with doctors, therapists, and nurses to provide holistic care.
- To advocate for patients’ needs and preferences, promoting dignity and independence.
- Provide education and support to patients and their families about care and treatment, particularly through imparting advice and information in respect of community care and preventative approaches to social care
- Lead in discharge planning to ensure safe transitions of care.
- To Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records.
- To Adhere to infection control protocols and safety standards.
- To Mentor and support junior staff and students in the unit and to support the delivery of social work education initiatives across the trust wide social work department
- To actively engage with the trust social work department as a member of the AFAU
- To Engage in continuous professional development to enhance skills in frailty care and maintain registration as a qualified Social Worker
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnershTips; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kareena Miller Job title: Deputy Head of Social Work Email address: kareena.miller@nhs.net Telephone number: 0203 299 7145
For informal discussions about the role please send an email
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