Carers Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Paignton, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This advert is placed on behalf on one of our health serviceproviders. Your application form will be forwarded to the organisation and any future correspondence will be made by the employing organisation.

We are looking for a Carer Support Worker to join our dynamic team here at Corner Place Surgery. If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to make a difference to Carers for our community, then we want to hear from you.

We are currently looking for a suitably motivated and skilled practitioner to work with unpaid Carers within our GP surgery to undertake conversations and Health and Wellbeing assessments with carers, signposting them to the wide range of support that is available to Carers in Torbay. Carers may be patients who are carers, or Carers of patients, or 'potential carers who might be taking on caring for the first time, or even members of staff who are Carers.

Main duties of the job

To work alongside members of GP practice teams and to act as a focal point for Carers within those practices, including development and maintenance of the established information points within practices.

To be based at Corner place Surgery for 15hours a week seeing Carers from this surgery.

To undertake Health and Wellbeing Checks and assessments in partnership with Carers, either in the Practices or on home visits, identifying key outcomes and eligible needs with the Carer, and supporting the Carer to identify how best to meet identified outcomes, and to ensure that Carers are informed about the support that is available to meet their needs. Where eligible needs for additional support are identified, to arrange that support ( Emotional Support Scheme), or to liaise with other teams to do so as appropriate ( Zone Teams, Children's Services, Devon Carers, etc.), or to refer onto specialist Carer Support Workers ( Mental Health, Substance Misuse).

To undertake particular project work in conjunction with existing Carer Support Workers in order to address the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and ensure the sustainability of these developments going forwards.

To set up processes for the regular reporting of statistics of Health and Well Being Checks, Read-coded Carers and Carers Flu checks.

To enhance the established drop-in advice service in practices, including investigating opportunities for the development of volunteer Carer Support Workers.

About us

The Post-holder will be based within the Surgery, and will work in partnership with Surgery Colleagues, with Torbay Carers Services and other statutory and non-statutory services to help signpost and support carers individually and to promote the wider support available for Carers in Torbay.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .

Person Specification

Qualifications, special training and general intelligence

Essential

Experience of working within Health and/or Social Care services
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