Main area Community Home Support Service Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Monday to Friday | 9am - 5pm) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
37.5 hours per week (Available as a job share on a part time basis) Job ref 828-PROVIDE3486
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Provide Headquarters Town Colchester Salary £24,625 - £25,674 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2025 23:59
Job Overview
* To assess by telephone people’s access to community support and identify needs to prevent readmission to hospital by enabling advice and guidance to signpost to relevant services.
* Helping people to find and use local services that they need and if necessary, refer and follow up on referral outcomes.
* To provide a holistic approach to triage and open conversations around needs identified upon hospital discharges.
* Provide evidence-based information to people about admission avoidance related to access to community support, self-management, and general wellbeing.
* Undertake any other delegated work
* Any other function commensurate with competencies and job role
Main duties of the job
* To assess by telephone people’s access to community support and identify needs to prevent readmission to hospital by enabling advice and guidance to signpost to relevant services.
* Helping people to find and use local services that they need and if necessary, refer and follow up on referral outcomes.
* To provide a holistic approach to triage and open conversations around needs identified upon hospital discharges.
* Provide evidence-based information to people about admission avoidance related to access to community support, self-management, and general wellbeing.
* Undertake any other delegated work
* Any other function commensurate with competencies and job role
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* To assess by telephone people’s access to community support and identify needs to prevent readmission to hospital by enabling advice and guidance to signpost to relevant services.
* Helping people to find and use local services that they need and if necessary, refer and follow up on referral outcomes.
* To provide a holistic approach to triage and open conversations around needs identified upon hospital discharges.
* Provide evidence-based information to people about admission avoidance related to access to community support, self-management, and general wellbeing.
* Undertake any other delegated work
* Any other function commensurate with competencies and job role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* NVQ Level 3 Health and social care Or Equivalent training and experience in health care setting
Desirable criteria
* Level 2 Health Trainer Qualification - Understanding Health Improvement (Royal Institute of Public Health)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Proven track record of engagement with people in a customer focused environment
* An understanding and knowledge of the main health issues affecting the local population
* Experience of working with individuals on a one to one basis in a health/social care setting
Further Information
How will we contact you?
* All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
* As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
* If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net
* If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
Checking progress on your application?
To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.
Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials
Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
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