Carer Wellbeing Support Worker

Recruiter
The SmartList
Location
Chichester
Salary
21597.00 GBP Annual
Posted
09 May 2017
Closes
06 Jun 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Title: Carer Wellbeing Support Worker, Hospital Service

Salary: GBP21,597 (for 37 hrs per week)

Contract: Fixed term to end August 2018 initially

Hours: Part-time/full time to be worked flexibly in response to demands of the role across 7 days. Some evening and weekend working and Response
Line cover to 7.00pm on rotation to meet the needs of the service. (Part time is 18.5+ hrs).

Accountable to: Hospitals Team Leader

Based at: Based at acute hospital(s): St Richards, Chichester, Worthing, Princess Royal Haywards Heath or East Surrey, Redhill with some work supporting the community hospitals in West Sussex. Response Line cover at CSWS main offices (currently Crawley and Littlehampton).

Job Purpose

To provide direct access general information, and personalised advice, support and advocacy for adult carers and young adult carers as part of the generic county-wide Hospitals Team.

To support carers in hospital settings and at the interface of hospital and primary care/ community services, delivering individual personalised support, integrating with Admission
Avoidance and Hospital Discharge Teams and CSWS services. Help develop the local service undertaking development work as directed.

As an active member of the CSWS Response Line team, offer carers flexibility of access to a consistently high quality, carer-friendly response and front-line emotional support as needed.

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