We are looking for a Senior Community Support Worker to work within the Rapid Response Team, providing an early supported discharge service to patients from the Countess of Chester Hospital & Ellesmere Port Hospital.
The post involves assisting patients with their activities of daily living, providing resettlement, rehabilitation & care to patients in their own home, delivered in accordance with the patient’s Care Plan.
The post holder will support therapists and nurses with their patient caseload and have general administrative and housekeeping tasks as required to facilitate the smooth running of the service.
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Job Title: Senior Community Support Worker
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: 27,485 – 30,162 £ / Year
Location: Cheshire, Chester, United Kingdom
Deadline: 16 December 2025
Main duties of the job
This person will also support the Band 3 Community Support Workers to manage their caseload and have some basic line management responsibilities. They will need to use their organisational and clinical skills to allocate work and react to service demands.
This person will use their clinical knowledge and excellent communication skills to reduce care as indicated and to refer patients on to relevant community pathways.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 4 or equivalent
- ECDL or CLIAT qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a health or social care setting, working as a therapy assistant
- Experience of delivering therapy programmes to patients with complex needs
- Supervisory experience
- Knowledge of a range of presenting conditions and implications for swallowing and communication
- Carry out interventions using a criteria led discharge protocol
- Able to undertake reviews and amend action plans accordingly
Desirable
- Understanding of professional conduct
- Health, safety and risk awareness
- Experience of undertaking reviews and amending action plans
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal skills
- Able to demonstrate ability to use basic Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Good level of literacy skills to complete therapy documentation and referrals to other services
- Able to communicate with a range of professionals, patients and relatives regarding patient treatment plans both in the hospital and in the community
Desirable
- Working knowledge of Meditech system
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