Senior Care Support Worker

The Senior Care Support Worker (SCSW) will be working within our community services which consist of the Hospice at Home (HAH) team, the Wellbeing programme and Rapid Response (RR) which is a shared service with South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. The role will be predominately working within HAH and the Wellbeing programme working 7 days a week between the hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm. At the current time we are piloting a change in hours working from 8am to 8pm. At the end of September this will be reviewed and hours may become permanent. There may be the occasional requirement to work within the Rapid Response team which will be internal rotation onto night shift. When working within the HAH team the SCSW will provide high quality palliative and end of life care to patients and their families within their own home. You will work closely with our community and hospital colleagues from the NHS, social services, local care homes and other voluntary providers to support those patients who preferred place of death is to die at home. When working within the Wellbeing program the SCSW will work as part of a team to support patients, families and carers within the hospice setting to improve their quality of life, encouraging reablement and well-being models of care. On occasions when required the SCSW will work with the Rapid Response team which covers a 24-hour service working alongside an experienced qualified palliative care nurse to support them to provide urgent care for those patients who have uncontrolled symptoms which require immediate intervention.

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