HART Reablement Support Worker
HART Reablement Support Worker
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Job Description
Organisation:Leicestershire County Council
Work Location:Room 700 Rutland Building County Hall Leicester Road Glenfield LE3 Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Worker Category:Hybrid Worker & Field Based Worker &Shift Working Ability to work flexible hours on a rota basis based on the needs of the service between 8.00a.m 8. 00p.m. on 365 days a year rota including weekends evenings and Bank Holidays.
Salary:per annum (pro rata for parttime)
Working Hours:9 x 37 hours per week 2 x 18.5 hours per week. 10 FTE)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date:24th April 2025
Interview Date(s):TBC
Why work for theCounty Council
- Opportunities to join a very good Local Government Pension Scheme
- Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation
- Extensive training and development opportunities
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Access to staff wellbeing & counselling Service
- Discounted local gym membership
- Work for an organisation which 94 of our staff say is a good employer
About the Role
10 x FTE Posts 9 x 37hour posts 2 x 18.5hour posts.
The councils HART service provides a number of support offers under its registration. This includes reablement which helps people return home from hospital or prevents them from being admitted to hospital and regain their independence.
The HART Reablement Support Workers work within Home First to identify and maximise reablement opportunities for people with a new or increased need because of an acute or community hospital admission.
The purpose of the job is to:
- Support the triage of new discharge hub referrals identifying those who can return home following their hospital admission.
- Complete a persons assessment on the ward/in their home to identify the goals for them to achieve or the support that is needed to remain safe at home and highlight any risk assessments to facilitate safe delivery of the service.
- Work closely with health partners to promote a persons independence identifying any equipment or other working practices to ensure a safe and timely discharge.
- Identify and support the immediate protection of potential safeguarding mental capacity continuing health care and other highrisk situations where an adults safety or liberty may be at risk informing supervisors as necessary so as to enable adults to take risks whilst protecting them from abuse managing the risks to staff and the council.
- Provide a 365day service to maintain discharge flow/prevent hospital admission and achieve the most independent outcome for the person.
The Key Duties:
Working under the supervision and direction of the Team Leader/Team Manager to ensure high quality response to all adults who may require and/or be eligible for social care services by;
- providing appropriate responses or referrals within required timescales organisational policy and legislative requirements
- ensuring that responses are geared to ethnic religious cultural age and linguistic background practicing in a manner and delivering services which are antidiscriminatory
- that concerns and complaints are reported to the TL/SCSW andare addressed by making appropriate changes to existing practices
- providing prompt support to meet immediate risks and needs in crisis situations
To support the development of systems processes and procedures under the direction of the HART Manager to ensure services maintain comprehensive endtoend processes
Contribute to team effectiveness and response by working to Departmental standards and where joint working is in place those of the NHS.
Work closely with multidisciplinary team colleagues to provide a holistic joined up service which places the service user at the centre of this. This will be through a range of approaches including joint visits with colleagues and participation in regular MDTs. To work with health colleagues to deliver an integrated service where this has been identified as beneficial to the person. This includes working in acute and community hospital settings to support the triage of people who are medically optimised to leave hospital.
About You:
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or other equivalent qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent level of relevant experience. Relevant experience (paid employment training or voluntary sector) working with adults in a social care setting.
- Experience of working with other agencies and/or working in a multiagency environment to identify and meet need with creative and achieve positive outcomes for service users.
- A good understanding of the Councils Adult Social Care strategies relevant regulations/ legislation and service frameworks.
- Ability to communicate clearly and accurately both orally and in writing with a wide range of people including representatives from other agencies using skills of negotiation and persuasion
- The ability to use Information Technology applications e.g. Microsoft Outlook Word Excel and database applications
- Able to deliver a sustainable high service through understanding and keep to departmental and service ability to prioritise effectively across a wide range of competing demands to meet deadlines
- Ability and willingness to travel and work from various locations throughout the County and travel between sites as required.
A flexible approach to work access to a vehicle and drivers licence and an Enhanced DBS is required.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of exoffenders please see ourpolicy statement.
For further information regarding this position please contact Jane Wesson HART Recruitment & Quality Manager.
Email:Tel:(Dir line)
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Enter name andjob title: Jane Wesson HART Recruitment & Quality Manager
Telephone:(Dir line)
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see theHow to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
Previous applicants need not apply.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2 or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Employment Type
Full-Time
