About this role
Job summary
This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 9 months. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.
To be part of a service that will bridge the gap between inpatient care and community services by facilitating more timely and effective discharges from hospital by providing enhanced support for people to continue their recovery in the community.
The support worker will work as part of the Integrated Discharge service and work with the hospital MDT to create interventions which will be varied because they are 'person centred', and specific to the needs of the individual. The main aim is for the support worker to enable a person to engage within their home environment, and wider social and cultural environments to support their meaningful occupations so increasing their well-being and independence whilst self-managing risk. This includes providing advice, supporting role and skill development within familiar activities of daily living, practicing different ways of doing things and signposting to relevant services.
The post holder will work with the individual prior to and following their discharge from hospital, and contribute to the development of discharge support plans and support their delivery in a community setting in line with the principles of social inclusion and recovery.
Main duties of the job
o To support the integrated discharge service to facilitate timely and effective discharge from hospital
o To support service users with severe / complex mental health needs with their discharge from hospital
o The role requires a person to work autonomously, with support from the band 7 Occupational Therapy (OT) Lead and the Occupational Therapy Team team and to build networks within the local community to support service users to develop their skills in their home environment and maintain meaningful roles and routines.
o To Identify suitable packages of support from voluntary sectors providers
o To work in close collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, before and after someone is discharged, to provide a positive experience for patients on discharge
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description Job responsibilities
Lone working and travel to cover the whole county.
Undertaking activity with tight deadlines and under pressure.
Dealing with complex situations, including people experiencing high levels of distress.
Emotional Effort required to contain and redirect severe illness driven behaviour of Service User and dealing with subsequent effect on carers, other Service Users, professionals and general public
Intense emotional effort required to work with poorly motivated service users with serious and enduring mental illness and long-term care needs.
Dealing effectively with conflict, controversy and confrontation with a risk of verbal or physical violence
Ensure support is delivered with sensitivity and responsiveness to the cultural, racial and social backgrounds and expectations of service users and carers
Contribute to service development changes where relevant
To take personal responsibility for lifelong learning through reflective practice, supervision and annual appraisal.
Occasional and considerable physical effort required in supporting service users to engage in treatment / exercise / leisure pursuits
Awareness of reporting health and safety issues for self and others including incident reporting i.e.Datix
Regular exposure to dirt, smell, bodily fluids, fleas and lice through the provision of care and potentially the infection of blood borne diseases
Effectively prioritise work within time available
Daily use of VDU being IT literate in a variety of software packages including Rio
We provide aMulti-professionalpreceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to theprogrammewe also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which issimilar toa preceptorship programme.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For moreinformationplease visithttps://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NVQ level 3 in health and social care or other health related subject plus short courses or completion of competency workbook or relevant experience to undergraduate Diploma level equivalency
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE Essential
Able to demonstrate proven experience in mental health and or learning disability. A Able to manage a complex caseload Experience of working autonomously managing own caseload Experience of passing on skills to patients /carers /health and social care staff /other agencies
Desirable
Experience in a range of mental health settings including inpatient, residential settings and learning disabilities services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Charlton Lane Hospital
Charlton Lane
Cheltenham
GL53 9DZ
Employer's website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)