# Community Support Worker - Rapid Response > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-support-worker-rapid-response/d127eee5-ea67-4be9-b5a7-4614a176ee66 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-support-worker-rapid-response/d127eee5-ea67-4be9-b5a7-4614a176ee66.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Torbay Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Care support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T10:40:42.380Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Newton_Abbot/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Support_Worker_Community/Support_Worker_Community-v8380040 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380040?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an opportunity to come and work for the Rapid Response Team, covering the whole of Torbay and South Devon, assisting people to remain in their own homes. We are looking for motivated member of staff to work as part of a friendly, hardworking & committed team, working across 7 days to provide short term care and support to people in the community. We focus on supporting and enabling patients to live independently at home and on maximising independence, following a period of acute ill health or hospitalisation. If you can demonstrate your flexibility, community experience and like to be able to work autonomously, providing interventions for patients within their own homes then this could be the opening for you. ### Main duties of the job Duties involved will include: - provision of personal care, clinical duties where delegated, monitoring the patient’s condition - To enable and / or assist individuals to remain in the community, to be supported and maintained safely in their own homes and thereby enhance the quality of life. - To carry out the personal tasks which are not the responsibility of a nurse but would normal expect to be undertaken by a member of the service user’s family. - Collaboration with other support workers and professionals to provide care for the service user - To provide good quality domiciliary support to the service user in their own home, promoting independence. - Assess the risk and needs of service user’s in accordance with the care plan. - The role is very varied as such you will need to liaise with other professionals to ensure the patients are supported in the most appropriate way and provide suggestions to improve support ongoing ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Assist and promote independent social and living skills including the provision of a range of tasks, for example: involving assistance with mobility, personal care, bathing, dressing/undressing; continence, nutrition, hydration and prompting, monitoring and administration of medication where required, in line with local policies - Therapeutic moving & handling skills – often with the need for prolonged physical effort. Will include frequent use of wide range of moving & handling equipment - To undertake specific clinical tasks as delegated once undertaken relevant training and deemed competent. These will include baseline observations and investigations, simple wound care and like for like dressings management. To be able to recognise deteriorating physical health, use clinical/physiological observations to assist in assessment and escalate using early warning score and SBAR as required - To ensure that patients, relatives, carers and professionals are kept fully informed of progress following intervention. Due to the diverse and complex nature of the caseload, this requires the ability to communicate complex information to meet a range of levels in understanding, and to overcome such barriers as, e.g. hearing loss, cognitive impairment, dysphasia, pain, fear, social and cultural differences - To contribute towards ensuring a safe working environment for self and others and report on situation of potential risk, working with local policies and procedure Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Ability to travel efficiently around the South Devon area is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle). Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Have full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle - Ability to work flexibly including unsocial hours and shift patterns including weekends and Bank Holidays - Be flexible, adaptable and reliable - Understand the need for confidentiality - Demonstrate desire to ‘make a difference ‘ to help people regain their independence ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - Experience of working in a caring environment - Able to demonstrate an understanding of the rights of the Service User - Able to demonstrate a commitment to working with older adults - Able to demonstrate an understanding of health and safety and safeguarding issues **Desirable** - Ability to assist service users in the activities of daily living whilst promoting independence - Ability to carry out safe practice when moving and handling users and equipment - Understanding of relevant health and safety legislation for moving and handling. - Experience of working in community setting and lone working - Experience of working with people at end of life - Previous experience of working in a multidisciplinary team - Experience of updating service users’ plans - Experience of working within and applying safeguarding adults’ procedures - Experience of working with a rehabilitation ethos - Knowledge/understanding of equipment used to promote independence ### Qualifications and training **Essential** - Experience of personal care and/or clinical procedures, to NVQ2 level qualification OR equivalent knowledge - Basic IT Skills – Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel **Desirable** - NVQ3 or QCF or Diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care - Basic Food Hygiene Certificate ## Documents - [community support worker rapid response - jd&ps (pdf, 504.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708755) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.