Our staff support unpaid carers who may be family, friends, parents or partners looking after someone with an additional need, frailty, illness, disability, drug or alcohol problem. With around 84,000 carers in West Sussex and 15,400 on our register, we now need more staff with a passion for working with and on behalf of local carers. Our services are shaped by the views of carers themselves. We are seeking workers to increase our presence within our local hospital settings Based across the 4 acute hospital settings, your role will be to raise carer awareness and to identify carers early. Providing on-site support and liaison across 7 days for carers of patients admitted directly to wards and via A&E. You will work as a member of a countywide team to achieve recognition for all carers, provide information and personalised advice, support and advocacy for carers and work in partnership with local voluntary, health and social care services. Essential qualities include understanding the issues carers face, excellent interpersonal skills, experience in a relevant work role and commitment to high quality service. We particularly welcome applications from people from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and cultural communities.

Hospital Carer Support Worker (Floating, Countywide) Full time (37 hrs) 21,067 To provide cover across each of the four acute hospitals: St Richards, Chichester; Worthing; Princess Royal, Haywards Heath and East Surrey, Redhill. Response Line cover at CSWS main offices (currently Crawley and Littlehampton). Application closing date: 25 November 2014 Interviews: 4 December 2014