Carer Officer

Role**:Carer Officer - Hospital Discharge Support Service covering Prince Philip Hospital**

**Location**:Llanelli office / Prince Philip Hospital/ Hybrid working (Flexible home and office working available and Flexing working hours)

**Salary**:£25,419 pro rata, per annum

**Hours**:21 hours per week

**Length of Contract**:Fixed term until 31st March 2026. Continued funding is anticipated for 12 months pending.

Purpose of the role:

- This post is part of a wider team working in hospitals across the Hywel Dda University Health Board area.
- To raise awareness and provide information, support and informal training / awareness sessions to Hospital Workers on the issues facing carers.
- To provide support to unpaid carers while the person they care for is in hospital.

Main duties:
**Carer Awareness Training**
- To work closely with all hospital-based teams to provide information and awareness of unpaid carers highlighting the issues faced by unpaid carers and raising awareness of the support available in Carmarthenshire. To include:

- Adult inpatient areas
- Community hospitals
- Mental Health areas
- Other groups / settings as appropriate
- To evaluate carer awareness sessions and training to hospital staff
- To help hospital workers understand and improve carers’ (of all ages) experience of discharge / transfer of care.
- To be a point of contact for hospital staff, providing information and responding to carer related enquiries.
- Helping to identify unpaid carers earlier or more readily who might need support from the service
- To promote the Investors in Carers scheme to wards and hospital settings and support them to achieve the bronze level where appropriate.

For a full job description and person-specification of the role, please visit our website at

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 4 months

Pay: £25,419.00 per year

Expected hours: 21 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- On-site parking

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Llanelli SA15 2TH