We require the services of a Community Social Worker that will work collaboratively with St Luke’s Combined Hospice’s Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) to provide psychosocial support to patients, their family members and significant others.
ENTRY-LEVEL QUALIFICATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- Professional Social Work qualification. (BA Social Work, BSocSci, Diploma in Social Work)
- A minimum of 3 year’s related training and/or related experience in a similar position.
- Previous experience in a Health care setting
- Experience in palliative care and understanding its role in society will be an added advantage
- Certification in Palliative Care (added advantage). Those applicants who do not meet this criterion, will be expected to study towards the certification
- Current registration with the SACSSP
- Fluency in English and 1 other official language
- Intermediate MS Office Suite literacy – Outlook, Word and Excel.
- Unendorsed driver’s license with long-term experience driving a manual vehicle.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Provide holistic psychosocial assessment of patients
- Provide counselling support to patients and families
- Facilitate material support for food security ,grant applications, wills, UIF and other psychosocial support as required
- Perform crisis interventions when necessary
- Compile and submit reports e.g. Psycho-Social Assessments and patient Statistics
- Refer patients to other specialised services within the organisation when so required
- Maintain all patient data in accordance with the requirements and guidelines of SLCH
- Work in an Interdisciplinary team approach to render intervention to patients and families
- Attend meetings and workshops for continuous professional development. Perform other duties, as and when so requested, in support of team goals
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines together with resilience and stress management
- Interpersonal sensitivity
- Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Problem solving, monitoring and engaging diversity.
- Critical Judgement and decision making
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in written format.
- Honesty and trustworthiness
- Integrity
- Professional maturity
SCREENING PROCEDURE
All applicants are expected to provide or avail themselves for:
- A letter of motivation for the application.
- A fully completed application form (this can be completed later, should you be selected for an interview).
- A properly formatted and detailed Curriculum Vitae (with dates and reasons for leaving, citing your most recent remuneration and expected income). Please upload a proper CV.
- Copies of all Certifications, Degrees, Registrations, etc.
- Proficiency assessments to assess competence in areas required, inclusive of a panel interview.
WE HOLD OUR HEADS HIGH WITH THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
- Better than Basic Condition of Employment leave benefits
- NPO market-related remuneration
- A contributory Pension Fund that includes Group Life Insurance, Disability- and Funeral Cover
- Competency-based development opportunities.
- Free access to an Employee Wellness Program managed by CWS, offering, 24/7/365 Telephone Counselling, Access to Legal, Financial, Family Care, Psychosocial, and Health specialists, Face-2-Face- and trauma Counselling.
CLOSING DATE: COB Tuesday, 30 June 2026. All applications received within the time frames will be considered. All applications received within the time frames will be considered. Applicants, who do not receive a response on their application within 5 working days of the closing date of the advertisement, are to accede that the application was not successful. Please forward your application to [email protected], citing the staff notice reference number in the top left corner.
Note:
St Luke’s Combined Hospices reserves the right not to make an appointment to this position.
St Luke’s Combined Hospices is guided by the principles of Employment Equity.
On behalf of Management, we wish you well in your application and future endeavours!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Experience:
- Social Worker: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: In person
