Service Support Worker

**Service Support Worker - Assisted Discharge - Craigavon Area Hospital**
**Contract type: Fixed Term**
**Hours per week: 21 hrs, 12 noon - 20:00pm, Tuesday to Thursday**
**Salary: £17,464 Per Annum ( Actual Salary is £10,478 for 21 hrs )**
**Location: Craigavon Hospital, Armagh**
**We've got an opportunity...**
We are looking for a passionate Service Support Worker to join our Craigavon Area Hospital Assisted Discharge Service. The Independent Living Service Support Worker post will provide reactive, focused and flexible support to inpatients following a hospitalstay to enable early discharge when clinical needs have been met. The post will assist the Independent Living Service Coordinator and the Hospital Pathway Team by undertaking duties required to meet the service users' needs in order to re-enable service usersto remain in their discharge location and prevent hospital re-admission. Referrals may require the support worker to take the patient home from hospital to enable their discharge.
The post-holder will be required to have the ability to assess service users' needs, complete and follow a support plan for the individual. The post-holder will be providing practical and emotional support in the service user's discharge location and signpostingto other services where appropriate to enable the individual to live independently in their accommodation.
The Support Worker will act as contingency for the Service Coordinator when required and may need to provide cover for their colleagues at other hospitals served by the Red Cross in the area. Service confidentiality and safeguarding vulnerable people are keyresponsibilities of the role. The post requires weekend shifts and some evening shifts ( Majority of the shifts will be 12 Noon -20:00pm).
This post does not include personal care and management of medication.
**Say hello to the team...**
The Independent Living (IL) & Crisis Response (CR) service (IL/CR)supports people in the space between hospital and home and responds to the needs of people in crisis following an emergency; maintaining an extensive network of external relationships acrosshealth, social care, and emergency services.
**This role could be for you if**
**As driving is an essential part of the role you must hold a current clean driving licence and be over the age of 21 years due to insurance purposes.**
We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:
36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
Up to 6% contributory pension
Flexible working policy
Click here for further details on our staff benefits
**A little bit more about us...**
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us.
Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.
At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardlessof; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.
In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated,situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.
As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.
If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.
The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).
- **Connecting human kindness with human crisis**_