Hospital Carer Wellbeing Support Worker
£21,597 for 37 hrs
Fixed term to March 2017
Full-time and part-time roles

For acute hospitals in Redhill, Chichester, Haywards Heath and Worthing. You will also provide Response Line cover in Crawley, Littlehampton and Worthing where our team services are based.

Application closing date: 4 July 2016 Interviews 13 July 2016

We need more passionate people for our family and friend Carer Teams in hospitals

Our staff support unpaid carers who may be family, friends, parents or partners looking after someone with an additional need, frailty, illness, disability, drug or alcohol problem.

With around 84,000 carers in West Sussex and 15,000 on our register we now need more staff with a passion for working with and on behalf of family and friend carers. Our services are shaped by the views of carers themselves and with our expanded teams we will be increasing our presence in local hospital settings. Our commitment is to offer more support across 7 days.

Your role will be to raise carer awareness and to identify carers early. Providing on-site support and liaison across 7 days for carers of patients admitted directly to wards and via A&E in the acute hospitals and also provide some support for carers at local community hospitals.

You will work as a member of a county-wide team to achieve recognition for all carers, provide information and personal advice, support and advocacy for carers and work in partnership with local voluntary, health and social care services.

Essential qualities include understanding the issues carers face, excellent interpersonal skills, experience in a relevant work role and commitment to high quality service.

We particularly welcome applications from people from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and cultural communities.

Charity No 1123359 Company 6418473