Social Worker - Hospital Assessment Team

Job Description

Join Our Home Assessment Team – Make a Real Difference Every Day!
Role: Social Worker – Home Assessment Team
Hours: 36.25 per week
Location: Dr Gray's Hospital, with flexible working across Moray
Salary: £44,938

Closing Date: 20 January 2026

About the Role

Are you a confident and experienced Social Worker ready to take on a rewarding challenge?
Health and Social Care Moray are looking for a passionate professional to join our newly established Home Assessment Team. This is your chance to be the vital link that helps vulnerable adults remain in their own homes, promoting independence and wellbeing.

You’ll work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment, supporting adults with complex needs—whether in hospital or at home—to regain independence and live safely.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver person-centred care and support that keeps individuals at the heart of every decision
• Support adults with physical disabilities, sensory impairments, dementia, and other complex health and social care needs
• Work across hospital and community settings, ensuring seamless transitions and continuity of care
• Champion strength-based approaches in assessment and care planning
• Collaborate with a wide range of professionals in multidisciplinary teams

What We’re Looking For

You are a registered Social Worker with a strong foundation in adult services and a commitment to best practice. You bring:

• Expertise in Adult Support & Protection, Adults with Incapacity, and current legislation
• A calm, critical thinker with a person-centred approach
• Experience in strength-based working and care planning
• A collaborative spirit and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion

What We Offer

Join a team that values your expertise and supports your growth:

• Ongoing professional development
• Reflective supervision
• A supportive team culture that celebrates your commitment

Ready to Apply?

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to make a meaningful impact during a critical time in someone’s life.

Apply now and be part of a team that’s transforming adult social care in Moray.

Requirements

To participate in the activities of an Integrated Adult Social Work Team receiving requests for and under-taking holistic assessments of client’s needs. Support the person to arrange the support they require to meet their outcomes. Work across professional boundaries when required and within Multi Disciplinary Teams

Undertake Social Work assessments when required by Team Manager or on receipt of referral from other professionals.

Design and organise suitable packages of care if required, having undertaken full holistic assessments and ensured that adequate resources are available in conjunction with carers, relatives and statutory and independent sector agencies.

Liaise with other local authority services i.e. old age psychiatry, learning disability, mental health, partner agencies, providers and informal service users carers to seek to meet needs in the most efficient and appropriate way.

Monitor and review service user needs and provision on a regular basis.

Provide direct service and support to individuals and families, and their carers.

Collaborate with colleagues within the Health and Social Care Teams.

Participate with Team Manager in supervision, staff development and ERDP.

Participate in office duty system when required. Maintain case records, both electronic and manual, provide information for performance indicators, unfulfilled procedures and statutory duties in line with national and local policy practices and procedures.

Health and Safety.

 

The Individual

Experience of working in a Health/Social Care setting.

Demonstrable understanding of main issues facing Community Care

Relevant professional qualification in Social Work

SSSC Registered Good communication skills (written and oral)

Ability to manage change

Good record keeping skills

Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure

Ability to manage own workload

Competent use of IT equipment, software and good keyboards skills

Assessment and organisational skills

Finance skills

Ability to negotiate and liaise in relation to care management

You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Moray to meet the operational requirements of the Service. Due to the rural nature of Moray this is normally undertaken by use of a car.

Good team player

Good interpersonal skills Ability to work in partnership in a multi-professional way

Must be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service

Ability to reconcile demands/ wishes against needs and financial pressures

Ability to work in an open plan / shared office

Ability to work in different offices dependent on service requirements

This post is considered to be a ‘Regulated Role’ under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.  Under the Act it is a legal requirement for an individual undertaking a regulated role with children or protected adults to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.   

Therefore the successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to any formal offer of employment being made by Moray Council.