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Southernbrooks Community Partnerships

Welcome Home Worker

The closing date is 08 June 2025

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Job summary

The Welcome Home Team links in with our established Hospital Link Workers in providing the best possible support for patients who have been discharged from hospital and assist them in settling back into daily life and their community.

If you were already in this in this Welcome Home Worker role, you might be doing some of these things this week:

  • Carry out home assessments to co-produce client action plans with the client to follow.
  • Support individuals to address barriers to services or maintaining independence.
  • Accompany individuals to community groups, activities, and statutory services.
  • Work closely and establish effective working relationships with other professionals (hospital discharge teams, occupational therapists & other professionals) to ensure joined up support to clients.

Main duties of the job

About the Welcome Home Project This exciting project seeks to provide short to medium support to people who have been discharged from hospital to stay well in their own homes. Support will be provided by a mixture of home support workers, volunteers and self-employed carers.

This service will deliver tailored home support care (wellbeing support, minor adjustments to the home environment, access to community activities, home technology support, etc) in clients homes in conjunction with Age UK South Gloucestershire. Clients will be referred by various hospital discharge pathways.

This key role works closely with the Project Manager, Welcome Home Team Lead, Age UK Volunteer Coordinator and volunteers to provide the appropriate support in a timely manner. This is a varied role requiring multi-tasking skills and working under pressure.

About us

Southern Brooks are a community anchor charity building connections and providing support to strengthen individuals and communities in South Gloucestershire. We deliver high-quality community development and health and wellbeing services that support individuals and communities, helping people achieve what matters to them. Please get in touch with us today.

Details

Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,604 a year £26,604 per year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0387-25-0000

Job locations

2 Old School House Kingswood Foundation Estate

Britannia Road

Bristol

BS15 8DB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Main purpose of job:

  • To support patients who have been discharged from hospital and assist them in settling back into daily life and their community.
  • Carry out home assessments to co-produce a 6 week client action plan with the client to follow to achieve their goals.
  • Support a caseload of clients to empower them to grow in confidence and independence in leading their lives.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main purpose of job:

  • To support patients who have been discharged from hospital and assist them in settling back into daily life and their community.
  • Carry out home assessments to co-produce a 6 week client action plan with the client to follow to achieve their goals.
  • Support a caseload of clients to empower them to grow in confidence and independence in leading their lives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of and experience in client-working techniques such as motivational interviewing and active listening.
  • This includes strength-based, trauma-aware and person-centred approaches.

Desirable

  • Experience of using databases to record client actions and interventions.
  • Knowledge of social prescribing.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of and experience in client-working techniques such as motivational interviewing and active listening.
  • This includes strength-based, trauma-aware and person-centred approaches.

Desirable

  • Experience of using databases to record client actions and interventions.
  • Knowledge of social prescribing.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Southernbrooks Community Partnerships

Address

2 Old School House Kingswood Foundation Estate

Britannia Road

Bristol

BS15 8DB


Employer's website

https://southernbrooks.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Southernbrooks Community Partnerships

Address

2 Old School House Kingswood Foundation Estate

Britannia Road

Bristol

BS15 8DB


Employer's website

https://southernbrooks.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Southern Brooks

recruitment@southernbrooks.org.uk

01174034238

Details

Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,604 a year £26,604 per year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0387-25-0000

Job locations

2 Old School House Kingswood Foundation Estate

Britannia Road

Bristol

BS15 8DB


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