Community Support Worker

6 months ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

**About the role**

**Community Support Worker**

Fixed Term, Full Time

£23,456 to £29,933 per annum

Location: Colchester

Working Style: Community-based worker

**Please note this is a fixed term contract opportunity for a period of 12 months.**

ECC Adult Social Care is making a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles: prevention, early intervention, enablement and safeguarding. Enabling people, to access information and tools, to live independently and allowing a positive response to growing service demand in a sustainable way, within the financial constraints of ECC.

The Discharge to Assess model of practice is ever evolving and developing and as a member within the team you will be an influencer of change and progression. You will be supporting adults who will be discharged from hospital or supporting them to prevent an admission into hospital. The ethos being to support Adults to leave hospital, when safe and appropriate to do so, and continuing their care and assessment out of hospital.

Wherever possible Adults will be supported to return to their home for assessment. Your support will be focussed on enabling adults to remain as independent and self-caring as possible in their own homes. Some Adults may have been discharged to a temporary care home environment to aid their recovery and for a period of assessment to be able to identify their short
- or long-term care and support needs.

**Responsibilities**:

- Interaction with acute partners to raise Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Awareness
- More engagement on wards to identify Adults who would benefit from TEC.
- Work alongside colleagues in Transfer of Care (TOC) hub to review cases before discharge to consider TEC.
- Completing ordering process including CARES, Mosaic contact form and Benefits Realisation.
- Attend Digital Champion meeting on behalf of the hospital.
- Contribute to Fortnightly Ops calls to raise issues and progress queries.
- Link regularly with TEC team and Millbrook regarding choices of TEC and OT Assessment requests, queries, and opportunities.
- Obtain case studies and share good practise.
- Share learning and knowledge with hospital colleagues to create awareness of the TEC offer.
- Identify opportunities to embed TEC into pathways.
- Identify opportunities to test and learn new technology.

**Skills, Knowledge, and Experience**:

- Experience within a social care setting, an NVQ/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent is desirable.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area.
- Experience of building strong, effective relationships with adults, their families, and carers in times of challenge and crisis.
- Experience of undertaking direct, activity-based work with adults.
- Knowledge of legislative and policy guidance applicable within Social Care settings.
- Proven track record of building working relationships with partners and external agencies.
- A certificate in First Aid and/or knowledge of Sign Language is desirable in this role.

To read more about us please visit: Adult Social Care

**Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, **or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.**

**Why Essex?** Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

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