Health & Housing Coordinator

Our Vacancy

We are looking for a compassionate and proactive individual to join the Integrated Discharge Team at Maidstone Hospital. In this role, you will help ensure patients can leave hospital safely and promptly by identifying and resolving barriers to discharge. Working closely with patients, families, healthcare professionals, and community services, you will support individuals transitioning from hospital back into their homes and local communities.

The role primarily supports patients at Maidstone Hospital, with occasional work at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, cottage hospitals, and step-down bed facilities. Home visits will also form part of your responsibilities to assess discharge needs and provide follow-up support.

What you'll do

You will work as part of the Integrated Discharge Team to support patients attending Accident & Emergency and those preparing to leave hospital following an inpatient stay. Working closely with patients, families, carers, healthcare professionals, and community services, you will identify and resolve barriers to discharge, provide advice and signposting, coordinate support services, and help ensure patients can return home safely and independently. The role includes undertaking home visits, assessing home environments, arranging practical interventions where required, maintaining accurate records, responding to enquiries, and promoting safeguarding, dignity, and confidentiality in all aspects of your work.

What you'll need

You will have experience working with vulnerable individuals in a health, housing, social care, or community setting, along with strong communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills. You will be confident assessing needs, coordinating support, and working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. An understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, and person-centred support is essential, as is the ability to manage a varied workload, maintain accurate records, and build positive relationships with service users and partner organisations. A flexible approach and willingness to undertake home visits and travel between locations will also be important.

This is a part time role working 14 hours a week, Monday and Tuesday 7 hrs per day (Either 9.00 - 5.00 or 8.30 to 4.30).

Please note this is a fixed term contract until 31st March 2027.

Why join us

When you join Town and Country Housing, you're joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included and empowered.

What we offer

• Contributory pension scheme up to 10% matched contributions
• 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• 24/7 digital GP service and counselling helpline (including face-to-face sessions)
• Free annual eye test voucher and contribution towards glasses
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave provision
• Annual flu vaccinations

Please read before applying:

• You must have the right to work in the UK; we are unable to provide a visa sponsorship.
• We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

If this sounds like we are right for you and you'd love to be part of Town & Country Housing, we'd like to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting a CV and a short statement explaining why you're the perfect fit for this role.

If you have any questions about this role, please email the Talent Team on talent@tch.org.uk

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. We will make reasonable adjustments where required throughout the recruitment process. Applicants who require reasonable adjustments to the application process, assessment methods, interview arrangements or other recruitment activities are encouraged to let us know of how we can offer support to enable them to participate fully.