Job Description

Location

Arundel

Vacancy Type

Part Time/Permanent

Pay Range

Grade 6 - 36,872 - 38,665 (DOE) Pro rata for part time roles

Contracted Hours

30 hours per week

Application Deadline

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Job Profile

Job Profile document

Job Summary

About the role

Southern Hospice Group are looking to appoint a qualified social worker to provide a social work service to families (children, young people and adults) under the care of Chestnut Tree House comprising:


Holistic assessments of children and families, using established frameworks. The provision of ongoing emotional support pre- and post-bereavement. The provision of resource information advice and advocacy for families to have improved access to help them access services from other health, education and social care providers. Promoting well-being and resilience, thereby supporting family members to continue to meet the needs of their life-shortened child and reducing the risk of family breakdown due to families having access to specialist support when needed. Work alongside statutory colleagues to keep children and young people safe.

Essential criteria

Social work qualification and registered with Social Work England. Experience of working in a health care or local authority setting and/or of working with children with disabilities. Experience of multi-professional working. Evidence of well-developed communication skills. Evidence of an ability to work with individuals and families who are experiencing significant loss. Evidence of an ability to work with people of different ages and backgrounds, including children and young people. Strong communication and listening skills to support children and families with sensitivity and compassion. Understanding of child development, safeguarding, and the emotional impact of life-limiting conditions. Knowledge of social care systems, palliative care principles, and relevant legislation. Ability to assess family needs, advocate for support, and work closely with a multi-disciplinary team. Emotional resilience, empathy, and adaptability to manage challenging and sensitive situations.

The role may be emotionally demanding due to the nature of the role and the clients with whom the post-holder will be working.

Personal grief must be resolved sufficiently to perform and cope in the palliative care setting.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.


St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.


Chestnut Tree House is the children's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.


Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.


We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Benefits

Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive of bank holidays On-site education support and study leave opportunities Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card Employee Assistance Programme Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.


This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.