Homeless Health Housing Coordinator
2 weeks ago
Are you a motivated, dynamic, and enthusiastic housing officer with significant experience of working with people that are homeless or rough sleeping? Would you like to work within an acute hospital supporting patients that are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to be involved in the process of re-establishing our specialist Homeless Health team. We have been awarded funding to continue the development of the service. We have three Band 5 Homeless Health Housing Coordinator posts within the team that we are recruiting to.
The Homeless Health team is multi-disciplinary and operates a reactive and fast- moving service. It aims to provide enhanced inpatient care and ensure safe, appropriate, and sustainable hospital discharges that meet the needs of individual homeless patients. Through this approach, the team also aims to reduce delayed and premature discharges, and reduce unscheduled admissions, repeat admissions and A& E attendances.
As a key part of a multi-disciplinary service, the role aims to help patients to improve and maintain their health, by linking them with suitable housing, support, and other relevant services on discharge, and supporting them to access accommodation, benefits, primary health care and to attend follow up health and other appointments following discharge.
The post holder will ensure safe, appropriate, effective, and sustainable discharges that meet the needs of homeless patients. The post holder will work in partnership with members of their own multi-disciplinary as well as other hospital teams and outside agencies to achieve successful discharges. The post holder will work both on various wards, in Accident and Emergency (A& E) and may need to outreach into the community to support patients post discharge for follow ups. The post holder will be expected to work Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. About us At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Job description Job responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. Person Specification Education/ Qualifications Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Good general knowledge base in the health issues surrounding homeless people e.g. mental health, drug and alcohol misuse, impact of health needs of no recourse to public funds patients.
- Completed formal education / specialist course in a relevant area e.g. addictions
- Direct work experience with homeless clients or clients with addictions
- Experience of independent practice with homeless people and within a team
- Experience of case management
- Experience of working in partnership and negotiating with a wide variety of agencies
- Experience of dealing with complex housing issues
- Experience of working in partnership with voluntary/ statutory agencies
- Experience of working in partnership with voluntary/ statutory agencies
- Experience of working directly with statutory homeless agencies e.g. Local Authority Homeless Persons Units
- Able to work in partnership with and negotiate with a wide variety of partnership agencies, and other NHS providers.
- Ability to write a report. Good IT skills (WORD, POWERPOINT etc.)
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Able to influence and negotiate independently across complex boundaries
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