Housing Link Worker
- Carry out rapid, detailed housing assessments of new homeless patients referred to the team, identifying support needs, risks, and any possible rapid routes into housing for the most vulnerable homeless patients
- Support the hospital in the fulfilment of its Duty to Refer responsibilities under the Homelessness Reduction Act
- Produce individualised, clear and patient led care plans around any issues affecting the homeless patient’s health and housing circumstances, including identifying and addressing risks to the patient, staff, and other patients
- Provide direct assistance with housing, financial and wellbeing needs including access to primary and specialist health services on discharge
- Coordinate and support reconnection of patients to housing and other services in areas of local connection as appropriate
- Advise, signpost and refer patients to a range of external services relevant to homeless and multiply-excluded patients in their local area
- Proactively identify and act on safeguarding issues, ensuring Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and Children legislation and relevant hospital Trust protocols are adhered to
- Accompany patients to housing offices to provide face to face advocacy and support when needed
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
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