Salary range: Grade 12 £50,676 £52,827 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydonn
This post is in our hospital discharge/LIFE team focusing on hospital discharge. This work is short term but fast paced and some weekend working is required on a rota basis. You will work with other professionals in an integrated service providing strengths-based assessments for reablement in peoples own homes.
The Hospital Team facilitates discharges from Croydon University Hospital and all Out of borough hospitals.
We work within the Transfer of Care Hub Team (TOCH) consisting of multiple professionals working together to facilitate swift and suitable discharges destinations.
The post holder will be responsible for case managing and facilitating safe and effective discharges of patients from hospital to a community setting through a multidisciplinary approach. They will coordinate, oversee Discharge Navigators within their sub-team, complete assessments of individual needs and support the discharge plan. The post holder will be proactive in identifying concerns or issues that may delay effective discharges and work with the Transfer Of Care Hub Team (TOCH) to overcome and limit these.
The successful candidate will work closely with all ward teams ensuring appropriate referrals are seen and made to local authorities and preventing unnecessary, avoidable delays for patient discharge.
This role will extend to support and ensure that individuals who have been discharged feel supported and have received the support that was requested.
Applicants wishing to join our aspiring and progressive adult social care services teams will have a commitment to team working and an enthusiasm for contributing to sharing ideas that support the development of all our services. Candidates will demonstrate professionalism, creativity and drive in their approach to person centred practice and problem solving; and an ability to work flexibly in response to a rapidly changing public service environment. Additionally, the staff here at Croydon are friendly, and the transport links are excellent.
Applicants will demonstrate exceptionally strong social work practice skills and sound knowledge of key legislation and aspirations to extend their practice experience and skills. Appointed applicants will share in supporting their Manager's leadership of the team to deliver progressive services and promote and maintain high standards of practice.
In return we offer scope to our staff team to progress their career, develop their individual professional practice, analytical and creative skills, and a department wide commitment to realistic caseloads and through put. Croydon Adult Services operate a case load limit structure, designed to maintain viable workload and support output of work. This is supported by a Council wide program of excellent learning, development and career progression opportunities, epitomized by our strong ASYE program and commitment to post qualification training.
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Key business plan outcomes:
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.
We provide a large number of services for local people, businesses and visitors to the borough, including services for children and adults, and environmental, cultural, sports, housing, planning and benefits services.
The borough is split into 24 electoral wards, and local elections are held every four years.
With a workforce of approximately 3,300 staff, including teachers in schools, Croydon Council is the largest employer in the borough. Spending over £900 million per year, the council makes a significant contribution to the local economy.
The council comprises three main political functions, the Executive (Leader and Cabinet), Committees, and Scrutiny.
The Leader and Cabinet are responsible and accountable for shaping policies and plans and recommending them to the council for approval. Cabinet also gives direction to departmental directors on the way services are managed and the budgets allocated to them.
Six non-executive committees take decisions relating to planning, licensing, standards of behaviour and conduct for members and officers, staffing issues, tenders, property transactions, liaison with local utility companies and internal audit.
Scrutiny holds the council executive functions to account. Examining aspects of council performance, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee also increasingly involves other local agencies which contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the local population.
