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Social work in NHS hospitals: Opportunities and challenges

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Title: Social work in NHS hospitals: Opportunities and challenges
Authors: Phillips, Carrie, Deacon, Lesley, Burrows, Daniel
Publisher Information: BASW
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: University of Sunderland: SUnderland REpository (SURE)
Subject Terms: Health and Social Care
Description: This report draws on data from Freedom of Information requests, interviews with hospital social workers, and a UK-wide online survey. Key findings Social workers are often employed by the local authority but support discharges from acute NHS hospitals. Almost 40% of staff in hospital social work teams do not hold a formal social work qualification. Flexible and agile working is common, but this has had a detrimental impact on communication between social work and clinical staff in the hospital, and between social workers and patients, by reducing familiarity and opportunity for face-to-face conversation. Hospital social work has changed due to Covid-19 restrictions, as social work teams were often moved out of hospitals and have not returned. Discharge to Assess is also changing the nature of hospital social work, as long-term decision-making in a hospital setting is discouraged and patients are moved out of acute hospital settings sooner. Social workers bring value to the multi-disciplinary hospital team, by centring the importance of individual choice and of the patient’s relationships. Social workers also report having a greater focus on the patient’s past and their potential future, than clinical colleagues.
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Language: English
Relation: https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/18143/1/181354%20Social%20work%20in%20NHS%20hospitals.pdf; Phillips, Carrie , Deacon, Lesley and Burrows, Daniel (2024) Social work in NHS hospitals: Opportunities and challenges. Project Report. BASW, Birmingham.
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  Data: This report draws on data from Freedom of Information requests, interviews with hospital social workers, and a UK-wide online survey. Key findings Social workers are often employed by the local authority but support discharges from acute NHS hospitals. Almost 40% of staff in hospital social work teams do not hold a formal social work qualification. Flexible and agile working is common, but this has had a detrimental impact on communication between social work and clinical staff in the hospital, and between social workers and patients, by reducing familiarity and opportunity for face-to-face conversation. Hospital social work has changed due to Covid-19 restrictions, as social work teams were often moved out of hospitals and have not returned. Discharge to Assess is also changing the nature of hospital social work, as long-term decision-making in a hospital setting is discouraged and patients are moved out of acute hospital settings sooner. Social workers bring value to the multi-disciplinary hospital team, by centring the importance of individual choice and of the patient’s relationships. Social workers also report having a greater focus on the patient’s past and their potential future, than clinical colleagues.
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