Discharge Support Worker inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED SUN 3 NOV 2024

Job responsibilities

• Support the Senior Practitioner in the implementation of processes and systems to facilitate safe and effective discharge for service users in a timely manner.
• Liaison with inpatient and community teams to identify barriers to discharge and reduce Length of Stay for service users.
• Improve choice and personalisation
• Liaison with partner organisations such as housing to encourage an integrated approach to care.
• Proactively identify and make appropriate housing referrals, following these referrals through to completion. This will include working with people who are of No Fixed Abode
• Resolve any other housing concerns e.g. rent arrears, applications for discretionary payments, safeguarding concerns and anti-social behaviour
• Organising deep cleans
• Supporting Care Co-ordinators and Patient Flow practitioners with placement searches and referrals e.g. supported accommodation, nursing, residential care
• Supporting patients who have no resource to public funds
• Signposting service users to community support services e.g. MIND, food banks, Welfare Rights etc
  
  

Staff Benefits

Please see attached job description and person specification

• Pay Enhancements:
  
  

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)