Community Support Worker - Homefirst East

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Community Support Worker to join the East Homefirst team, based within St. Barnabas hospital at Saltash.

Are you able to motivate others to achieve their goals? Are you looking for a rewarding role, supporting others to regain confidence?

We are looking for positive individuals who would enjoy encouraging others to maximise their independence.

Our new Community Support Workers will join our multidisciplinary integrated teams in East Cornwall delivering reablement as part of a collaboration between community, acute and social care providers.

The reablement approach supports people to return to or remain in their homes. We are looking for candidates with the ability to motivate individuals in order to aid their recovery and maximise their independence and achieve their goals.

The post holder will be a valuable member of the community team to support the Ageing Well clinical pathway.

The post holder will be rostered to provide a 24 hour, 7 days a week service to community patients.

This post holder will be expected to work with patients in their usual place of care this may also include Residential homes and nursing homes.

Main duties of the job

• The main purpose for this post is to provide a versatile and responsive service to ensure that opportunities for patients' reablement are optimised within the community setting
• The Reablement workers within each locality will form a part of an Integrated Care Pathway for older patients that involve a range of services to prevent hospital admission and support discharge from hospital
• The post holder will be expected to deliver packages of care to patients in their own home; this may also include Residential homes and nursing homes
• The postholder will be expected to be flexible in working patterns to meet the needs of the service and will be rostered to provide the required service.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.