Discharge Support Worker

Creative Support; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Creative Support seeks a Discharge Support Worker for our Mental Health Floating Support team in Greater Manchester. The role delivers housing-related discharge support within hospital wards and local outreach across multiple sites in North and South Manchester.

Experience with mental health needs is essential. We offer training toward a QCF Diploma and a mix of in-person and e-learning to develop your care career.

Qualifications

• This role requires experience in supporting individuals with mental health needs.
• Opportunity to train toward a QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care through our training system.

Responsibilities

• Provide hospital in-reach housing-related support to help people discharge from hospital.
• Coordinate with housing services and NHS partners to remove discharge barriers.
• Address barriers such as homelessness and financial issues to facilitate discharge.
• Deliver support across multiple sites in Greater Manchester, including local community outreach.

Skills

Mental health support

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Job description

We are seeking a Discharge Support Worker to join our Mental Health Floating Support team, within wards in Greater Manchester. There are multiple sites available (with some local community outreach) in North and South Manchester.

This role provides a highly-responsive hospital in-reach service to deliver housing-related support for people with mental health needs, and additional issues, which create barriers for discharge (e.g. homelessness, history of offences, financial issues). We are looking for someone to work a maximum of 32.5 hours.

Due to the nature of this role, experience in supporting individuals with mental health needs is an essential requirement.We provide additional training for your career in care, including the opportunity to work towards earning your QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. All employees have access to our training system where, through a combination of in person and e-learning courses, you can learn the skills required to develop in your role and progress toward senior roles.

£27,795.00 - Rest of England £30,906.00 - London