Community Support Worker Contract

Community Support Worker
Chelmsford
Contract
£13 P/H

We are currently looking for a Community Support Worker to work in Chelmsford. The postholder will work with the Discharge to Assess department. The Discharge to Assess model of practice is ever evolving and developing and as a member within the team you will be an influencer of change and progression. You will be supporting adults who have recently been discharged from hospital or supporting them to prevent an admission into hospital. The ethos being to support Adults to leave hospital, when safe and appropriate to do so, and continuing their care and assessment out of hospital.

Responsibilities:

Assess social care needs and provide support to vulnerable adults, to enable them to live healthily and independently; maintaining high standards of professional practice which contribute to continuous improvement across the service and delivering the four key principles.

Contribute to the development of care and support plans that gain commitment to solutions to meet each individual’s needs.

Works collaboratively with others, including placement team, to support the individual to commission care and support from appropriate providers; including developing their own employees through Direct Payments.

Accountable for working within the statutory legal framework, policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory intervention has been reached in In line with legislative and organisational standards within the Care Act 2015 (e.g. MCA / DoLs / CHC etc.).

Responsible for highlighting issues and implementing plans to safeguard a vulnerable adult.

Building strong, effective relationships with clients, families and carers providing practical advice, support and, where necessary, acting as an advocate. Enabling vulnerable adults to live healthily and as independently as possible.

For more information please call Sam on 01616670021 or email