Are you a Qualified Social Worker wondering what other opportunities are out there?
Look no further
Randstad are recruiting for Qualified Social Workers to join East Lothian Council's Adults Service in their Home First team. This is a full time role offering a fantastic competitive pay rate.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Competitive rates of pay
- Mileage reimbursement
- Supervision
- Weekly pay
- One committed and dedicated point of contact
- An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a £300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply)
- A full range of free training available
- Access to 100s of discounts through the Hapi App
- Free healthcare, medical and financial advice available
Responsibilities:
- This role is designed for a fast-thinking, agile Social Worker who thrives in a multidisciplinary hospital environment.
- You will be responsible for stabilising crisis situations, preventing hospital admissions, and ensuring that "home" is always the first consideration for patients in acute and community hospital settings.
- Work directly within Emergency Departments (RIE and ELCH) to provide immediate social work interventions, preventing unnecessary ward admissions through rapid crisis support and community resource mobilisation.
- Attend and contribute to daily Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) screenings to respond to urgent referrals, providing professional social work insight to stabilize high-risk situations.
- Ensure the "Home First" principle is upheld, advocating for individuals to be assessed in their own environment rather than a hospital ward to promote better long-term outcomes.
- Deliver focused, intensive support to bridge the gap between hospital discharge and long-term community care.
- Facilitate safe, timely transitions from hospital to home, ensuring that long-term care needs are assessed in the most appropriate setting, the patient's own home.
- Use professional judgment to make high-stakes decisions in a fast-moving, unscheduled care environment where throughput is essential to hospital flow.
- Work hand-in-hand with GPs, District Nurses, Occupational Therapists, and Hospital Consultants to create seamless pathways between acute health and social care.
- Assist in reducing "Length of Stay" (LoS) and preventing delayed discharges by identifying social barriers to health clearance early in the patient journey.
- Maintain a firm grasp of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act and Adults with Incapacity legislation within a crisis context.
- Record high-quality, concise data on MOSAIC to ensure the MDT has real-time access to social work progress and discharge plans.
Requirements:
- PVG
- SSSC registration
- Social Work Degree
Experience:
If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on or . Otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon.
Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please contact me on the details above.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
