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Senior Independence and Wellbeing Practitioner

1 month ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom Suffolk County Council Full time
Suffolk County Council – Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, IP4 5PD - Onsite £32,076 per annum (pro rata if part time) 37 hours per week – Flexible working options available Permanent

A great opportunity has arisen to join the Digital Care Team as a  Senior Independence and Wellbeing Practitioner working at  Ipswich Hospital within Adult Social Care. 

Your role and responsibilities 

You will work as part of the Digital Care Team to support patients, families and staff to use the Cassius Service particularly as part of the discharge pathways.

Working closely with Social Workers, other Independence and Wellbeing Practitioners and staff from across the locality to get the best outcomes for people as well as health colleagues both within the hospital and community settings.

This role will give you great hands on experience of care technology in practice, and delivering change. This work is rewarding and fast-paced.

Specific tasks include:

supporting other professionals to consider care technology as part of discharge planning support care technology assessment supporting community referrals to prevent hospital admissions, linking in with INT Coordinators. managing the referral process (including benefits tracking and recording) supporting communication and awareness raising of Cassius managing decisions about eligibility  support the Alcove Team in prioritising installations delivering training to therapy teams shape and develop the role in line with business needs and changes working as part of an integrated team with NHS, Social Care and Cassius.

You will need

excellent communication skills. enthusiasm to contribute to a multi-agency approach for responding within urgent timescales resilience under pressure and the ability to remain positive when challenged ability to adapt to changes within the role as and when required excellent knowledge of care technology and Cassius and how this can positively improve quality of life and maintaining adults independence.

You can view a full list of requirements in the . If you believe you can succeed in this role, apply. Even if you don't meet all requirements, still apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The team  

We seek to improve the quality of life and independence of the people we work with by providing care technology at the earliest opportunity in an adults journey. Within the digital care team we continue to develop changes to improve the service to ensure we are providing care technology to those most in need. In particular within these roles we will focus on minimising a person’s stay in hospital whilst maximising the opportunities our teams have to work with people in a community setting focusing on reablement and improving their health and long-term well-being. 

Empowering Everyone  

We’re big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We’re always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our 


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