Care home support team roles
An exciting transformation project – Care Homes Falls Support Service – is being developed in partnership with Derby City Council Carelink and the Team Up programme across Derby and Derbyshire.
The service will work with care homes to support them with management of falls and to improve the experience and outcomes for residents who have fallen.
The aim of the project is to promote falls prevention and provide care homes with falls lifting equipment, along with the appropriate training to use the equipment, and support them with post fall management. This will involve working alongside care home staff to effectively manage residents who are at risk of falling and linking in with the aligned Primary Care Network and local multi-disciplinary team to ensure that local pathways of care are embedded, ensuring community based clinical advice and guidance is available when required.
We are looking to recruit to the following roles:
- Team leader – this person will lead and manage the project team that will engage with care homes to implement and deliver the project outcomes. The individual would preferably have subject knowledge of falls prevention and management approaches.
- Team administrator – this will involve providing comprehensive administrative support including coordinating and scheduling visits to care homes as well as developing and maintaining ongoing reporting systems for the service.
- Team support workers – this role will include working alongside care homes to support them with falls management and care. The individuals will need to have excellent communication and engagement skills and experience of teaching / education role would be hugely valuable.
The team will work within the hours of 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday. However, they will be expected to occasionally work outside of these hours, including weekends, to meet the demands of the work and to fit in with care home routines.
If you are interested in applying for any of these roles then please visit the Derby City Council website for more details.
Job Reference Numbers as follows:
- Falls Support Worker – 000010559
- Team leader – 000010558
- Team Administrator – 000010557
