Job summary
- Main area
- Case manager
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (this service covers 7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 813-260-0624-LB-A
- Employer
- Medway Community Healthcare CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Unit 5, Ambley Green
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (dependent on NHS experience)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Social worker/care manager
Band 6
Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:
- is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked ‘Good’ by the CQC;
- is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
- is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
- offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
- and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?
Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.
Job overview
- Are you are committed to providing a high level of service and person-centre care to promote and enable services user to remain at home and independent?
- Are you are able to work on your own initiative and skills to be part of a larger interdisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
We need a professionally qualified Social worker/ care manager with a high level of communication skills who can complete complex health and social care assessments in the community for service users with an acute need.
This job is working as part of urgent response care management team to complete timely assessments and provide “wrap-around” packages of care to meet social and health care needs in partnership with therapist and other health staff.
Working for our organisation
So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
- You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the Scottish widows group pension scheme.
- MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
- Previous applicants need not apply
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work within the integrated team providing a care management service for patients requiring a short-term package of care to prevent hospital admission and facilitate a timely discharge from hospital
- To provide a 7 day service to support related Health and Social Care Teams working in the acute sector and in the community.
- To support the Intermediate Care pathway with care management intervention as required and identified by the Operational Manager.
- To manage a caseload of patients from referral through to discharge or
transfer of care within a maximum 6-week period. - To assess the patient needs, evaluate action required, negotiate for and coordinate the application of resources to provide care.
- Monitor the outcomes to meet the needs of the patients in order to maintain or adapt to a more normal or safer lifestyle.
- Work to team, organisation and national objectives to ensure a high quality of patient focused care is maintained
Full JD can be found in the attachments
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Degree or Equivalent Professional Qualification
- Experience - working in a social care field
Desirable criteria
- Experience of MDT working
- Qualification in Counselling
- Experience of RIO/Mosaic
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Relevant current experience of practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Good case management skills and multidisciplinary working across the health and social care economy.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of rehabilitation
MCH Values
Essential criteria
- caring and compassionate, deliver quality and value, working in partnership
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anna Ross
- Job title
- Team Lead Urgent Response Care Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634975705
- Additional information
MCH House , Bailey Drive, Gillingham, Kent ME8 0NJ
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
MCH House
Bailey Drive
Gillingham Business Park
Gillingham
ME8 0PZ
- Telephone
- 07796182085
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