Family Support Social Worker

Salary: £30,000 FTE / £24,000 actual

Contract Type 30 hours per week / permanent

Are you passionate about making a difference in people’s lives?

Do you thrive in a dynamic and compassionate work environment?

Are you ready to make a difference in your career and your community?

As the Family Support Team Social Worker, you will play a pivotal role in supporting patients and families experiencing anticipatory grief and bereavement, and enabling patients and their families to achieve preferred options for end of life care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing a skilled, palliative social work service to those individuals, children, adults and families at highest risk of social, emotional and/or family breakdown during end of life care and bereavement
• Identifying, assessing and monitoring the impact of non-curative illness, dying and bereavement on individuals and family dynamics.
• Family interventions to promote the well-being of patients, carers and family.
• Providing and engaging external support provision to meet the needs of patients and their families.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, organised, and driven to make a positive impact. The ideal candidate will:

• Be a qualified social worker, CQSW, DIPSW degree or equivalent
• Hold a professional registration with Social Work England
• Have a post-qualification award, in relevant area, e.g. palliative care, multi-agency working, family therapy

Benefits of working at Primrose Hospice include:

• Working at a permanent site in a small supportive team, delivering services together
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Ample / free onsite parking

By joining Primrose Hospice & Family Support Centre, you will be part of a caring and supportive team dedicated to improving the lives of those facing life-limiting illness and bereavement. You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day.  If you are ready to use your skills and expertise to help us continue our important work, we want to hear from you!

Please see below links for full job description and person specification.

Visits to the Hospice are more than welcome, or for an informal discussion please contact Heather Coughlin, Head of Family Support. Telephone 01527 889799.  Email: heather.coughlin@nhs.net

An Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Barring check is required for this post.

To apply, please complete the Application and Equal Opportunities forms below and send with a covering letter to: Diane McCallion, Primrose Hospice, St Godwald’s Road, Bromsgrove, B60 3BW.  Telephone 01527 871051.  Email: dianem@primrosehospice.org.

Closing date:                     Friday 28th March 2025

Interview Date:                Friday 11^th April 2025

Staff Survey 2023 – 100% of staff said they were ‘proud to work for this charity’.

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Social Worker Job Description February 2025

Social Worker Person Specification February 2025

Team Administrator Family Support

Salary: £23,875 FTE / £11,938 Actual (effective April 2025)

Contract Type: 18.75 hours per week, permanent, Monday to Friday

Primrose Hospice & Family Support Centre provides exceptional care and support for people with life-limiting illnesses within North East Worcestershire. This is an exciting time to join us as we look to adapt our services and provide care to more people than we ever have before.

The Team Administrator provides a crucial role within the Family Support Team at Primrose Hospice. Often the first point of contact for our clients, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Coppice Team who provide pre and post bereavement services to both adults and children. This is a varied role where you will help us to provide compassionate and efficient support to our service users and colleagues.

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate are detailed in the Person Specification below.

This role will be 18.75 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Due to the nature of this position, the successful candidate will be office based at our hospice in Bromsgrove (B60 3BW).

If this is you, please apply to join our creative and professional hospice team in this exciting year ahead, as we continue to deliver our expert care.

Visits to Primrose Hospice are welcome. For an informal discussion please contact Heather Coughlin, Head of Family Support on 01527 871051 or email heather.coughlin@nhs.net

An Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Barring check is required for this post.

To apply, please complete the Application and Equal Opportunities forms below and send with a covering letter to: Diane McCallion, Primrose Hospice, St Godwald’s Road, Bromsgrove, B60 3BW.  Telephone 01527 871051.  Email: dianem@primrosehospice.org.

Closing date:                     Friday 18th April 2025

Interview Date:                Friday 2nd May 2025

Staff Survey 2023 – 100% of staff said they were ‘proud to work for this charity’.

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Team Administrator Job Description February 2025

Team Administrator Person Specification February 2025

Hospice Cleaner

Salary: £7,958 Actual / £23,875 FTE (effective April 2025)

Contract Type: 12.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Early mornings preferred (6.00am – 8.30am) – required April 2025

Keen to work in a high quality / well-maintained environment?

Do you have high standards and want to feel valued in your role?

Primrose Hospice & Family Support Centre provides exceptional care and support for people with life-limiting illnesses within North East Worcestershire. This is an exciting time to join us as we look to adapt our services and provide care to more people than we ever have before.

We provide exceptional care including Day Hospice, nurse led clinics, physiotherapy, living well service, complementary therapies, supportive services, including family support, counselling, and benefits advice. We host and support multiple groups open to patients, carers, and relatives, including supporting children.

We are looking for a highly motivated cleaner to work together to ensure the Hospice is cleaned to a high standard for the benefit of all stakeholders.  The ideal candidate will have commercial cleaning experience, preferably in a healthcare setting; training and support will also be given.

The cleaning team will be instrumental in helping us deliver our vision for the future of Primrose Hospice. We are looking for a candidate who can join a small team and make a big difference in supporting our service users.

An Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Barring check is required for this post.

Visits to the Hospice are strongly encouraged, or for an informal discussion please contact Angélique Dalton, Chief Operating Officer on 01527 871051 /email:  angeliqued@primrosehospice.org

To apply, please complete the Application and Equal Opportunities forms below and send with a covering letter to: Diane McCallion, Primrose Hospice, St Godwald’s Road, Bromsgrove, B60 3BW.  Telephone 01527 871051.  Email: dianem@primrosehospice.org.

Closing date:                     Wednesday 9th April 2025

Staff Survey 2023 – 100% of staff said they were ‘proud to work for this charity’.

Application Form Master

equal opportunities

Hospice Cleaner Job Description February 2025

Hospice Cleaner Person Specification February 2025