Acquired Brain Injury

With Headway Oxfordshire

**Starting salary £24,000.00 per annum**

**Closing Date: 31 May 2023**
- Company Name:

- Headway Oxfordshire
- Nature of the Company:
- We are a small, well established charity that support adults that have an acquired brain injury.
- Headway Oxfordshire is a good, caring and flexible employer. We have a pension scheme.- Responsibilities:
- Person Specification
- Essential Criteria
- Social work or nursing qualification or equivalent
- Experience of working with disability in either voluntary sector of statutory sector setting
- Experience of advice work or advocacy
- Understanding of current Social Care provision
- Experience of developing excellent working relationships with outside agencies
- Experience of creating/working to individual client focused plans
- Ability to organise support in relation to individual client focused plans
- Experience in supporting people who have impaired cognitive function and varying physical disabilities
- Experience in risk assessment & safeguarding
- Unlimited access to a vehicle and a full driving license.
- Good level of literacy and numeracy and ability to write/keep accurate reports.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload
- Ability to work as a member of a small team.
- Ability to communicate appropriately, verbally and in writing at all levels
- Good IT skills
- Demonstrable commitment to Equal Opportunities
- An understanding of the requirements of record keeping and information sharing as per GDPR
- Ability to travel around the county and access a variety of buildings
- Desirable
- Qualifications in/experience of working with Neurological conditions
- Experience of working with neurological conditions within either statutory or voluntary sector
- Experience of supporting clients 1:1 in the community
- Direct experience of working within social and/or health care provision
- Experience of work in a day service/ hospital/rehab setting
- Experience of lone working
- Good knowledge of the mental capacity act
- Good knowledge of local statutory and voluntary sector.
- Experience of data inputting and databases- Benefits:
- We offer flexible hours, a competitive rate of pay (we pay travel time) and have a pension scheme.- Experience:
- Aims of the Role.
- To support the smooth and equitable transitioning of service users through their patient journey whilst in hospital
- To maximise individual’s community integration and long-term independence via the Oxfordshire ABI Support Service (OASS) provision.
- **Job Description**:

- To form relationships and excellent communication channels with key partners in the patient journey, including attending multi-disciplinary, goal setting and discharge planning meetings as appropriate.
- To support individuals through the discharge process and signpost to Headway Oxfordshire (and other) services as appropriate.-
- To engage with clinical systems and embed the ABI Navigator service within these systems as a recognised part of the patient pathway
- To identify suitable patients/carers for the OASS
- To assess the likely eligibility of patients/cares for legal services support and refer into the OASS legal steering group accordingly
- To liaise with legal partners on the steering group around specific cases and monitor outcomes as per HWO’s service level agreements
- To plan the OASS care package in agreement with patients/carers.
- To follow process and procedure for referrals into Headway Oxfordshire’s services.
- To collate all necessary and relevant medical/social details to inform the transition through HWO’s ongoing support services.
- Contact the GP to alert them to the persons need and discuss discharge support
- To complete all necessary documentation and data base entry for new referrals as per HWO process and procedure.
- To appropriately share information with the ABI Nav Lead/ABI Pathway Co-ordinator and ARC Co-ordinator to ensure equity of service for individuals and adherence to HWO’s practice and procedure
- To accurately record and monitor the ABI Navigator service provision hours and report for invoicing purposes as required and per HWO process and procedure
- To work to and within the confines of the ABI Navigator project specification and time constraints.
- To work across different settings, including Hospital, Community, HWO and individuals’ homes as necessary.
- To manage a caseload of clients, including keeping accurate and timely records of all clients seen, visits made and outcomes, including entering said data on to Headway Oxfordshire’s database.
- To write reports as necessary.
- To attend regular supervision sessions with line manager and Headway staff meetings.
- To work to and implement all policies and procedures of Headway UK and Headway Oxfordshire.
- Other duties as required by manager.- Job Ref:

- OACP/
- Work Location:

- Kennington,Oxfordshire
- Salary Details:

- Starting salary £24,000.00 per annum
- Job Term:

- Permanent
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