Hospital Community Connector
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Hydref 2024 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Tachwedd 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Portsmouth, PO1 2EP |
| Cwmni: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 4390 |
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Hospital Community Connector
Salary: Band 7 - £29,777 - £33,945 per annum
37 hours per week - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am-5pm Friday 9am-4.30pm.
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 8,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
The Service
The aim of the Community Connector Service is to reduce feeling of social isolation and loneliness and to increase confidence and ability to access community-based opportunities. This will reduce dependence and demand on health and social care statutory services through opportunities for early intervention. The service supports adults, aged 18+, who are lonely or isolated and may be experiencing poor mental health to identify and access resources and opportunities within their local communities which will improve their connectivity and increase their social support networks. The focus of this service is on early intervention to promote health and wellbeing, help maintain independence and build resilience. Some of our clients have quite complex needs which requires close partnership working across Adult Social Care.
Your New Role
As a Community Connector you will be working in collaboration with the Adults Intermediate Care Team (AICT) based at Queen Alexander Hospital. The AICT is a short-term service completing Care Act assessments and first reviews. You will be liaising and taking referrals from the team along with wider hospital teams, meeting individuals before they are discharged or on discharge from hospital or in the Accident and Emergency Department. You will be supporting clients to identify realistic goals that will enable them to access community opportunities within their local community.
In addition, you will provide support to individuals to achieve their goals e.g. accompanying them to groups/activities/volunteering for a short period of time until they feel confident to do so by themselves. The Community will support individuals to build up their confidence in relation to potential barriers to accessing community opportunities such as using public transport, or confidence with mobility issues or to 'get them through the door' of a new social activity etc.
For full details of the role please click here.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have a knowledge and experience of safeguarding legislation, excellent IT skills and extensive experience of working face to face in a Social Care or community setting ideally holding a case load. You will have good literacy and numeracy skills and knowledge and understanding of the issues facing people who are experiencing loneliness and isolation and the impact it has on their health and wellbeing.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for this post. You will be flexible to meet the needs of the client including occasional evening and weekend work and a car driver with access to transport or able to easily access public transport to move across Portsmouth City. You will be willing to undertake professional development.
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working options dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Application process:
If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please call Julie Roberts on 023 9268 8705.
Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. This is important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please do not just send a CV.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body.
Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing time/date: 27 October 2024 @ 23.59 pm.
A commitment to our values
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.