Palliative Care Social Worker Band 5
Close Date: 6 November 2025
Location: Multisite Working across our Erdington & Selly Park Hospices
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: Clinical Band 5, £29,117 – £35,445 per year
DBS Requirement: Enhanced
Palliative Care Social Worker – Band 5
Join our empathetic team of social workers
Make a real difference at Birmingham Hospice
We’re here to improve quality of life for people with life-limiting conditions—and to support their families through some of life’s most difficult moments.
We’re looking for a compassionate Palliative Care Social Worker to join our dedicated team.
Our Social Workers provide expert emotional and practical support to patients and those close to them, helping them navigate the challenges of a palliative diagnosis and ensuring dignity at every stage of care.
About the Role
- Deliver a coordinated family support service across both hospice sites.
- Work closely with the Senior Social Worker and wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality, compassionate care.
- Support patients, families, carers, and communities with emotional and practical needs.
Champion best practice in palliative and end-of-life care, collaborating with internal and external professionals. - Apply your expertise in safeguarding, DoLS, the Mental Capacity Act, and related legislation.
Complete assessments and applications for Social and Fast Track CHC care packages to ensure timely, appropriate support.
What You’ll Bring
- You will be a registered social worker with Social Work England (you must include your registration number on your application)
- You will hold a full clean driving licence.
- You will be a sound communicator who is authentic, open, honest, transparent, and has a track record of working inclusively with a genuine appreciation of the value of diversity.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a forward-thinking, values-driven charity
- Enjoy a generous benefits package including enhanced annual leave
- If coming from the NHS or another hospice continuous service benefits for pension and annual leave
- Make a real difference in people’s lives when they need it most
For further information or an informal chat, please email:
maxine.jones@birminghamhospice.org.uk or rachel.harrison@birminghamhospice.org.uk
To learn more about the role please read the job description.
“After I saw the care my dad received at the hospice, I knew I wanted to work there.”
Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.
Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.
We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.
Our Values
Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
Kindness
Togetherness
Positivity
Openness
Respect
Innovation