SUMMARY:
A Social Worker (Fixed Term Contract) vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium, at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, Gauteng.
POSITION INFO:
Background
Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited (“WHC“) is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health Sciences. WHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research and other activities necessary to support its academic objectives. In addition, WHC offers a range of products and services to the Academics conducting these activities in order to assist with the management thereof.
Main purpose of the job
- Provide psycho-social support to palliative care patients and their families
- Provide ongoing supervision and mentoring to social auxiliary workers
Location
- Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Key performance areas
- Assess social needs for palliative care patients and families
- Conduct individual counselling sessions for patients and families scheduled in line with Standard Operating Procedures
- Provide emotional support/counselling for patients and families exhibiting psycho-social problems
- Supervise social auxiliary workers and spiritual counsellors ensuring that they can execute the duties as per job profile
- Monitor records obtained by social auxiliary workers and spiritual counsellors and check for accuracy and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) compliance
- Monitor social auxiliary workers and spiritual counsellors with regards to counselling ethics by observing them on an Adhoc basis
- Identify skills deficiency amongst counsellors and auxiliary social workers and address by means of rehabilitation and performance management
- Collect relevant counselling statistics from social auxiliary workers and spiritual counsellors daily
- Consolidate counselling statistics received and report to the project manager on a weekly basis
- Attend meetings as required and provide feedback to the relevant parties
- Compile reports as needed by the project
- Update participant records after each visit once they have been consulted
- Perform Adhoc duties as requested by line managers
- Orientate all new social auxiliary workers and spiritual counsellors and auxiliary social workers
- Induct visitors upon arrival with regards to the project service being offered
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary team in the hospital
Required minimum education and training
Required minimum work experience
- At least 2 years experience in Social Work
Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities
- Training and experience in a Palliative Care setting will be an advantage
- Time Management
- Conflict Management
- Problem Solving skill
- Probing skills
- Team Player
- Ability to Multitask
- Ability to delegate and follow up
- Empathy
- Compassion
- Understanding
- Approachable
- Ability to manage stress
- Networking ability
- Good Verbal and written communication skills
TO APPLY
- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV - Please Apply Online
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- The closing date for all applications is 25 August 2021.
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
- In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
Please note that AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
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