Main purpose of job: Manage a team of workers who support adults being discharged

from hospital or living at home with no social care package, and work towards preventing

readmission.

Main duties

•  Work in partnership with voluntary and statutory sector organisations (e.g. Age UK South Gloucestershire, Age UK Bristol, Alliance Homes, British Red Cross, NHS, and   South Gloucestershire Council) to design and deliver a new approach to non-regulated adult social care and community-based support to speed up discharge from hospital  and/or avoid readmission. ·
• Manage the hospital link worker project that supports speedier discharge from hospital.
• Manage the Welcome Home project that delivers support in people’s homes on discharge from hospital and/or works to prevent readmission.
• Manage team leaders.
• Manage project budgets.
• Set up and implementing effective referral pathways
• Set up and implementing robust recording and monitoring systems
• Compile reports to submit to funders 
• Monitor progress and provide learning to the steering group so that a future business model can be agreed and developed collectively.
• Set up and run an operational working group to include partner organisations. Deliver direct services to clients if required.
• Identify and pilot the use of assistive technology to support delivery.