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Care Assessor

2 months ago

Ashford, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Are you ready to start a new career pathway working within a joint enterprise of Health and Social Care?

You could become part of this combined Service bringing the unique benefits of a wrap round recovery service from hospital discharge. The principle of the service ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.

These are newly developed posts working across Health and Social Care, supporting recovery and delivering enablement in all areas of daily life including personal care and supporting nutrition, whilst also monitoring the patient's condition. Contributing to an overall plan of care, which includes the support of the multi-disciplinary teams from Health and Social Care

This role requires the post holder to travel to sites across a wide geographical area. In your application please outline how you intend to meet these travel requirements

Main duties of the job

'Home First' An approach whereby supporting people to be discharged home is the default discharge pathway, with alternative pathways for people who cannot go straight home. This principle is a key part of the discharge to assess model. The Home First Team service in Thanet, East Kent is a Kent Community Health Foundation Trust (KCHFT) and Kent County Council (KCC) adult social care partnership. The team provides short-term, personal care and rehabilitation to support patients to return home following a hospital admission and facilitate early supported discharge from hospital through access to health and care needs assessment at home.

We are looking for someone who:

Believes in providing personalised support Can work independently and flexibly Respect privacy and dignity Looking to develop their skills Develop operational strengths Works to targets Good IT skills Ability to understand the business need and who want to expand their knowledge in both a Health and Social Care setting.

Knowledge of working within the Health or Social Care sector is required, with strong assessment skills to support and steer people through their recovery and then move on to be as independent as possible.

The operational hours of the service are 08:00 - 20:00 seven days a week (working on a shift basis).

Additional Working Pattern: seven day working

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential

Care Certificate Literacy and numeracy skills

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in Health or Social Care Demonstrates an interest in caring for the health and welfare of adults needing support in the community. Working with others

Knowledge

Essential

Understands and can apply key Health & Safety procedures relevant to the role Use of a wide range of domestic appliances Awareness and compliance with equality policies, procedures and legislation. Understands the role and remit of the unregistered worker Awareness of national policies and legislation, its relevance to care settings and its application across health and social care services.

Skills and abilities

Essential

Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) Ability to organise and prioritise own work Moderate IT skills. Ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day in accordance with the needs of the job.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to manage

Essential

Ability to manage own time effectively. Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, considering health and social care policies and procedures