Hospital to Home Support Worker
| Posting date: | 15 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,586 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Age UK Leeds |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Hospital to Home Support Worker
Age UK Leeds is a leading local voluntary sector organisation providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of older people in Leeds.
Are you looking for a role that is varied and challenging, where you have the potential to make a real difference and improve the lives of older people in Leeds? If so, we at Age UK Leeds are recruiting for an Hospital to Home Support Worker to work as part of our Hospital to Home Team.
Service: Hospital to Home
Salary: Scale 5 Point 12 £25,586 pro rata
Hours:
Part Time: 56 hours over the course of a fortnight. This averages at 28 hours per week and requires working alternate weekends. Current service hours are between 08:30am and 7pm but these may alter based on the needs of the service and funding.
Closing Date: Tuesday 06th May 2025
Interview Date: Week ending 25th May 2025
Location: St James’s University Hospital and in the community of Leeds
Job role
About the role
In this role you will work as part of the Hospital to Home Team, who provide transportation to facilitate hospital discharge and who carry out support tasks within people’s homes to prevent further hospital admissions. The team, also, assess individuals’ wider support needs and effectively signpost and refer onto other organisations to ensure longer term support is put in place.
About the Hospital To Home Service
Our service prides itself on its “Home First” and patient-centred approach and supports those over 50, who have suffered a period of illness that has affected their independence following a hospital admission or visit to A&E. We work closely with professionals from across the Health & Social Care sector and a range of other agencies to encourage clients to access services that will improve their health and wellbeing and retain their independence.
This may involve activities such as a Pre-Discharge Home Check to ensure that the patient’s home is secure, warm and ready for their arrival and/or identifying potential support needs based upon each individual’s needs, such as hand rails/trip risks etc.
About you
You must have good communication and organisational skills and the ability to assess and respond to the needs of older people. Problem solving and using your initiative, whether lone-working or as part of a team, to provide support, you will work from our base at St James’ University Hospital and out in the community.
This is a hugely rewarding role delivering many different aspects of emotional and practical support to a wide range of patients. If you are passionate about making a difference and have empathy towards others then we would love to hear from you.
Full training will be provided
How to Apply
To apply for this role please download the following documents which make up the application pack from our Age UK Leeds website. Please note that all applicants must complete the application form as we do not accept CVs.
Application Pack Documents:
Application Form
Age UK Leeds Background
Equality and Diversity Policy
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
Job Description
Person Specification
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy
Tell us what you think
For an informal chat about the position, please contact Victoria Pearson, Operations Manager, Hospital To Home Service, 07895 330371
Please submit your completed application and monitoring form to our Human resources Team by email at humanresources@ageukleeds.org.uk or by post to Human Resources, Age UK Leeds, Bradbury Building, Mark Lane, Leeds, LS2 8JA.
Please note that postal applications must reach us the working day before the deadline in order to be considered for shortlisting.
For further information about applying for the role contact the HR Officer on 07395851568
Application packs may be available in other formats on request.
Age UK Leeds is a leading local voluntary sector organisation providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of older people in Leeds.
Are you looking for a role that is varied and challenging, where you have the potential to make a real difference and improve the lives of older people in Leeds? If so, we at Age UK Leeds are recruiting for an Hospital to Home Support Worker to work as part of our Hospital to Home Team.
Service: Hospital to Home
Salary: Scale 5 Point 12 £25,586 pro rata
Hours:
Part Time: 56 hours over the course of a fortnight. This averages at 28 hours per week and requires working alternate weekends. Current service hours are between 08:30am and 7pm but these may alter based on the needs of the service and funding.
Closing Date: Tuesday 06th May 2025
Interview Date: Week ending 25th May 2025
Location: St James’s University Hospital and in the community of Leeds
Job role
About the role
In this role you will work as part of the Hospital to Home Team, who provide transportation to facilitate hospital discharge and who carry out support tasks within people’s homes to prevent further hospital admissions. The team, also, assess individuals’ wider support needs and effectively signpost and refer onto other organisations to ensure longer term support is put in place.
About the Hospital To Home Service
Our service prides itself on its “Home First” and patient-centred approach and supports those over 50, who have suffered a period of illness that has affected their independence following a hospital admission or visit to A&E. We work closely with professionals from across the Health & Social Care sector and a range of other agencies to encourage clients to access services that will improve their health and wellbeing and retain their independence.
This may involve activities such as a Pre-Discharge Home Check to ensure that the patient’s home is secure, warm and ready for their arrival and/or identifying potential support needs based upon each individual’s needs, such as hand rails/trip risks etc.
About you
You must have good communication and organisational skills and the ability to assess and respond to the needs of older people. Problem solving and using your initiative, whether lone-working or as part of a team, to provide support, you will work from our base at St James’ University Hospital and out in the community.
This is a hugely rewarding role delivering many different aspects of emotional and practical support to a wide range of patients. If you are passionate about making a difference and have empathy towards others then we would love to hear from you.
Full training will be provided
How to Apply
To apply for this role please download the following documents which make up the application pack from our Age UK Leeds website. Please note that all applicants must complete the application form as we do not accept CVs.
Application Pack Documents:
Application Form
Age UK Leeds Background
Equality and Diversity Policy
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
Job Description
Person Specification
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy
Tell us what you think
For an informal chat about the position, please contact Victoria Pearson, Operations Manager, Hospital To Home Service, 07895 330371
Please submit your completed application and monitoring form to our Human resources Team by email at humanresources@ageukleeds.org.uk or by post to Human Resources, Age UK Leeds, Bradbury Building, Mark Lane, Leeds, LS2 8JA.
Please note that postal applications must reach us the working day before the deadline in order to be considered for shortlisting.
For further information about applying for the role contact the HR Officer on 07395851568
Application packs may be available in other formats on request.