Hospital To Home Team Member

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council's Hospital to Home team is offering a part-time role three days per week. You will help discharge patients from hospital and settle them at home to support recovery, while contributing to prevention initiatives and safeguarding.

The role requires accurate spoken English, a DBS check, and a collaborative approach with NHS, public health and fire services to keep communities safe in Warwickshire.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check required.
• Commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
• Expression of interest of up to 500 words addressing the job description and person specification.

Responsibilities

• Help deliver Hospital to Home activity, getting people home from hospital safely
• Settle people into their homes to promote healthy recovery after a hospital stay
• Help deliver prevention activities
• Work collaboratively to drive change internally
• Strengthen health partnerships as part of the PPR Strategy
• Support NHS, public health and fire service strategies for safer communities in Warwickshire
• Safeguard children and vulnerable adults in the course of the work
• Uphold the principles of the Core Code of Ethics
• Give accurate spoken advice to the public in English

Skills

Fluent English

Motivated

Collaborative

Job description

This permanent post sits within the Hospital to Home team at Warwickshire County Council, an existing team that gets people home safely from hospital. The core work is settling those patients into their homes to support recovery, and helping deliver prevention activity linked to NHS, public health and fire service strategies. It is a part-time post across three days a week, with a requirement to give accurate spoken advice to the public in English. Successful candidates need an enhanced DBS check.

What the job involves

• Help deliver Hospital to Home activity, getting people home from hospital safely
• Settle people into their homes to promote healthy recovery after a hospital stay
• Help deliver prevention activities
• Work collaboratively to drive change internally
• Strengthen health partnerships as part of the PPR Strategy
• Support NHS, public health and fire service strategies for safer communities in Warwickshire
• Safeguard children and vulnerable adults in the course of the work
• Uphold the principles of the Core Code of Ethics
• Give accurate spoken advice to the public in English

Skills & knowledge

• Highly motivated and able to work collaboratively
• Accurate spoken English to speak and advise the public (Fluency Duty: required)

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• Commitment to the Core Code of Ethics
• Expression of interest of up to 500 words addressing the job description and person specification