Social Worker Continuing Health Care

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO2 -PO4 (£42,771 -£52,194)
Work location: 48 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TY
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 27th September 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 5th September 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are seeking experienced and motivated Specialist Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Social Workers to join our developing and dynamic CHC service. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly established specialist team, playing a key role in delivering high-quality Continuing Healthcare assessments and decision-making. You will work closely with ICB Nurse Assessors to complete Decision Support Tools (DSTs), alongside undertaking Care Act assessments, reviews and support planning for adults with complex and often rapidly changing needs. The role requires strong partnership working across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring that individuals receive appropriate, timely, and person-centred care packages, with clear alignment between health and social care responsibilities. You will manage a complex caseload, providing robust analysis of needs across CHC domains, contributing to eligibility decision-making, and ensuring care packages are reviewed and remain proportionate and effective. A key part of the role is to ensure CHC processes are delivered in line with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare, supporting lawful, consistent, and defensible decision-making while maintaining a strong focus on outcomes for residents.

About the team

Haringey’s Continuing Health Care Team is a newly established, specialist service within Adult Social Care, created to strengthen and embed high‑quality CHC practice across the borough. The team is made up of skilled practitioners who work at the interface of health and social care, supporting residents with complex, long‑term health needs. We work in close collaboration with NHS partners, providers and internal services to deliver consistent, transparent and person‑centred CHC processes.

About you

We are looking for a proactive and knowledgeable practitioner who can bring both expertise and a collaborative approach to this specialist role. You will have: • Current registration as a Social Worker with Social Work England (SWE) • Significant experience working with adults with complex, long-term, or unpredictable health and care needs • Strong working knowledge of the Care Act2014, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding frameworks, and the National CHC Framework • Proven experience completing or contributing to CHC assessments and DSTs, with the ability to analyse evidence across domains • Excellent skills in strengths-base assessments, care planning, and case management • Confidence working within multi-disciplinary settings, influencing decision-making and advocating for service users • Strong analytical and recording skills, with the ability to produce clear, evidence-based reports • The ability to manage competing priorities, work autonomously, and maintain high professional standards • A commitment to person-centred practice, equity of access, and continuous service improvement

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact [email removed]

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• JE1172 Social Worker_Adults_14.01.25_v1_accs (1) (1) (3).pdf