We have an exciting opportunity for a
Hospital Carer Support Worker
to join our team in Waltham Forest working on a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract.
As a Hospital Carer Support Worker, you will be part of our Waltham Forest community team, helping to improve the lives of carers through your work. This role is part of a North East London (NEL)-wide project to better identify and support carers within and beyond acute settings funded as part of the Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF). Your responsibilities will include:
Improving the recognition and identification of carers within the Hospital setting (Whipps Cross Hospital).
Providing information, advice, and guidance to carers.
Effectively linking carers to ongoing support to increase successful Hospital Discharges for their cared-for.
To be successful in this role, you will have excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to develop effective working relationships with a range of individuals, organisations, partners, and funders, particularly those within a hospital setting. You will need to be a resilient, highly professional, and empathetic person who is able to work flexibly. You will be at the forefront of this new project, able to raise issues effectively and work alongside project evaluators to identify what works to contribute to the wider NCL project development. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is excited about creating real change in carer support.
This role is based at Whipps Cross Hospital with occasional travel to our Waltham Forest office for team meetings. Being commutable to this hospital and our office is desirable. There will be opportunities to work from home when appropriate.
In return, you will benefit from working for a charity that delivers a service that makes a real difference to people’s lives. We offer training and development to help you grow your career, good annual leave entitlement, flexible working options, access to our workplace pension, employee assistance programme, and a Benenden Healthcare package.
If you are interested in becoming part of our team and have the skills and experience we are looking for and are passionate about making a real difference, then please read the Job Description and Person Specification contained within our Candidate Pack.
Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.
We encourage and welcome applications regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
If you would like to discuss this role confidentially, please contact us, and we will be happy to organise for one of the team to contact you.
Closing Date:
05/01/2025
Interview Date:
06/01/2025 - 17/01/2025
Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Positive Collaborative Ambitious
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Hospital Carer Support Worker
to join our team in Waltham Forest working on a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract.
As a Hospital Carer Support Worker, you will be part of our Waltham Forest community team, helping to improve the lives of carers through your work. This role is part of a North East London (NEL)-wide project to better identify and support carers within and beyond acute settings funded as part of the Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF). Your responsibilities will include:
Improving the recognition and identification of carers within the Hospital setting (Whipps Cross Hospital).
Providing information, advice, and guidance to carers.
Effectively linking carers to ongoing support to increase successful Hospital Discharges for their cared-for.
To be successful in this role, you will have excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to develop effective working relationships with a range of individuals, organisations, partners, and funders, particularly those within a hospital setting. You will need to be a resilient, highly professional, and empathetic person who is able to work flexibly. You will be at the forefront of this new project, able to raise issues effectively and work alongside project evaluators to identify what works to contribute to the wider NCL project development. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is excited about creating real change in carer support.
This role is based at Whipps Cross Hospital with occasional travel to our Waltham Forest office for team meetings. Being commutable to this hospital and our office is desirable. There will be opportunities to work from home when appropriate.
In return, you will benefit from working for a charity that delivers a service that makes a real difference to people’s lives. We offer training and development to help you grow your career, good annual leave entitlement, flexible working options, access to our workplace pension, employee assistance programme, and a Benenden Healthcare package.
If you are interested in becoming part of our team and have the skills and experience we are looking for and are passionate about making a real difference, then please read the Job Description and Person Specification contained within our Candidate Pack.
Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.
We encourage and welcome applications regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
If you would like to discuss this role confidentially, please contact us, and we will be happy to organise for one of the team to contact you.
Closing Date:
05/01/2025
Interview Date:
06/01/2025 - 17/01/2025
Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Positive Collaborative Ambitious
#J-18808-Ljbffr
