Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Cystic Fibrosis
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-WTWA-7190653
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wythenshawe Hosptial
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cystic Fibrosis Social Worker
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Social Worker to join the Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Team, located at Wythenshawe Hospital, and part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre (MACFC) is a specialised regional centre that provides personalised and holistic care and support to over 480 individuals with CF who live in the Northwest.
You will be a core member of the CF Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), collaborating closely with clinical psychologists, specialist nurses, dietitians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and medical staff.
We are looking for someone self-motivated, dynamic and passionate about delivering excellent psychosocial care to adults with CF. You will need to be flexible, a team player, and able to demonstrate a commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice.
You will provide proactive social work support to individuals with CF, and their families where necessary, around a range of psychosocial issues, including access to resources, community care, employment or education, housing, end of life care and bereavement, as well as supporting those with additional vulnerabilities such as learning disability, mental health, substance misuse or other issues.
Please refer to the "Main Duties Of The Job", "Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities" sections and the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached elsewhere for full details.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work 25 hours over 3 days with the aim of:
- Providing high-quality social work support to individuals and families in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
- Assessing the psychosocial conditions of individuals with CF and their families and connecting them with resources to meet their needs.
- Offering professional social work guidance on social work and psychosocial issues to the wider CF Team.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Social work qualification, BA, MA, CQSW, CSS, DipSW
- Registration with a Social Work England
Desirable criteria
- Post-qualifying qualification: e.g. Practice Educator/Best Interests Assessor/Approved Mental Health qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-qualifying experience in assessing vulnerable individuals using personalised care principles to identify their needs, strengths, challenges, and risk areas, and co-producing support plans to meet those needs.
- Managing complex cases and involvement in multi-agency work.
Desirable criteria
- Working with individuals with a life-limiting condition.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Key theories, methods, research, policies and legislation relating to social work with adults.
- Day-to-day and longer-term psychosocial impacts of living with chronic and progressive health conditions on the lives of individuals and their families/carers
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of CF Standards for the clinical care of children and adults with CF in the UK.
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Strong interpersonal communicaton skills - using different ways of communicating
- Organisational skills - ability to organise and prioritise work to maintain a balanced workload, time management, efficient record-keeping.
- Use of critical reflections to evaluate practice, decisions and actions, and identify areas for improvement.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Motivated, punctual, reliable, dependable, self-confident with an ability to work autonomously.
- Full UK driving licence with access to own transport.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Dowdall
- Job title
- Cystic Fibrosis Specialist Social Worker
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815694378
- Additional information
If you would like more information about the post or would like to visit the MACFC for an informal visit, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone or email. Please note my working days are Monday - Thursday.