Senior Support Worker

Dudley Business First; West Midlands; À distance; GBP 9 000 - 12 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Dudley MBC is seeking a part-time Senior Support Worker to support hospital discharge and care provision across Dudley borough. The role involves coordinating with hospital staff, care agencies and families, and maintaining accurate records and reports. A duty rota and enhanced DBS are required.

The post offers working patterns that include evenings and some weekends, with local leave benefits and pension options for Dudley Council employees.

Qualifications

• Experience in adult social care.
• Enhanced DBS check required.
• Part-time availability with rota including weekends/evenings.

Responsabilités

• Assist in managing care capacity to ensure safe discharge.
• Use computer systems to support the discharge process.
• Liaise with hospital professionals to ensure safe discharges.
• Liaise with care agencies, service users and families.
• Accurately record on case notes and spreadsheets.
• Be involved in a duty rota.

Connaissances

Discharge planning

Hospital liaison

Record keeping

IT literacy

Outils

Care management software

Description du poste

Post: 1 x Senior Support Worker (part time)

Hours: 18.50 hours per week (permanent)

Salary: Grade 6

Location: Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre or various locations across Dudley borough

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work within Adult Social Care as a part time Senior Support Worker. Your primary role will be to support the hospital discharge process. You will be working a set rota pattern which includes some weekends, evenings and bank holidays, for which relevant enhancements will be paid.

The Role

Your main duties will include

• Assisting in managing the demand for care capacity and ensuring safe discharge and care provision.
• Working on computer systems to support the discharge process.
• Liaise with hospital professionals to ensure safe discharges.
• Liaise with care agencies, Service Users and family members to ensure safe discharges.
• Accurate recording on case notes.
• Accurate recording on spreadsheets to ensure detailed reports can be completed.
• Re-start of care for Service Users of Dudley.
• To be involved in a duty rota and have knowledge of this.
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

As an employee of Dudley MBC, you will receive a comprehensive annual leave package, an option to join the pension scheme and regular supervisions. We invite you to be part of a forward thinking, dynamic council, which actively supports staff, and works to change people's lives for the better.

You may need to work flexibly, travelling across the Dudley borough and will therefore need to have the use of a vehicle.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

For further information or an informal discussion about this post, please contact Leah Turley on 01384 817200 or via [e-mail].u k

Workplace Attendance: Working in the office 3+ days a week (pro-rata)

So that we can demonstrate Dudley's commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

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All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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Attached documents

SSW JD and PS Oct 26.docx
Employee Benefits List.pdf