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SalaryJob Purpose:
- To support the effective management of the incoming work directly from Hospital wards by applying a robust prioritisation system.
- To provide professional supervision, support and advice to junior staff in relation to the hospital discharge and delay prevention.
- To maintain spreadsheets for Hospital clients on behalf of West Berkshire Council.
- To provide daily support for West Berkshire Council by being part of the link team in one of the Acute Hospitals. 5. Managing negotiation processes between clients, carers, relatives, and Care providers to effect safe and timely discharge home.
- To screen all discharge patients for potential CHC funding.
- To ensure effective signposting for patients who both do and don’t meet eligibility to ensure engagement with their own discharge solutions.
Specific Duties:
- To take part in the link worker role by carrying out bedside assessments and arranging packages of care for safe discharges.
- To be part of the duty rota system covering several days a week in the hospital setting and responding to referrals as and when received.
- Overseeing and monitoring the discharge of patients from acute hospitals, to ensure that any delays are fed back to the office/providers and chased daily
- To continue to develop and maximise the benefits of links with services provided in the NHS, voluntary and private sectors to ensure that customers receive the best possible support at the earliest stage.
- To make decisions regarding the referral of cases to appropriate services and clinicians to best meet individual need.
- Provide formal supervision, advice and support to the acute team to ensure that effective and sound decisions are made
- To manage systems that ensure risks to vulnerable adults are minimised
- Ensure that a customer focused service is provided, monitor and resolve customer problems and improve customer satisfaction
- To work with the managers to continue to develop working relationships with hospital and other health services to provide clients with an integrated service.
- Contribute to the management of daily "Fit list" and "Alamac" discharge monitoring tool, as the management control systems used for all health and local authority partners.
- Play a role in the joint discharge processes with AFA and LT teams.
- Support in the management of team members to identify and direct in cases of safeguarding, Best Interest, and Capacity assessments and to liaise appropriately with the Safeguarding and DOLS team
Offer excellent employment benefits such as:
- Monthly professional supervision.
- Monthly CPD activities.
- Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home (laptop and mobile phone provided).
- Paid mileage
- Reimbursement of SW England registration fees
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
- Generous Local Government pension scheme
- Family friendly policies
- A range of local discounts
- Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
- You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.
Qualifications:
- Relevant professional qualification - Social Worker
- CPD record. Ensuring services provided are to current best practice, keeping own practice up to date and relevant
- Experience of working with a number of different agencies and organisations providing services for adults
- Knowledge of Health and Social Care legislative framework
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
- Knowledge Delayed Discharge Act/ Reimbursement protocol
- Knowledge of Choice Directive and Transfer of Care Protocols.
