Hospital Carer Wellbeing Support Worker
£21,597 for 37 hrs
Fixed term to 31 August 2018
For acute hospital in Haywards Heath
You will also provide Response Line cover from one of our offices where our team services are based.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A WSCC POST AND IS BEING ADVERTISED ON BEHALF OF OUR PARTNER CARERS SUPPORT

Our Services
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 89,000 carers in West Sussex and over 17,000 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
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.

Application closing date: 9 am Monday 5 June 2017

Interviews: Wednesday 21 June 2017 in Crawley

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A WSCC POST AND IS BEING ADVERTISED ON BEHALF OF OUR PARTNER CARERS SUPPORT