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About Us:
A leading, local, independent charity we deliver a range of services, that support the independence and wellbeing of older people in Leeds.
Age UK Leeds has a key role in ensuring that the essential needs of the older people of the city are met, and that their valuable contribution to the community is recognised.
Age UK Leeds has an experienced, talented team of staff and volunteers and a dedicated Board of Trustees, who have built a credible and trusted organisation. We want to continue to work in partnership with others to help achieve the Leeds ambition to be the best city to grow old in.
We aim to promote equality diversity & inclusion as an employer and seek to ensure that equality and diversity principles underpin all areas of our work; we have a special responsibility to combat age-discrimination experienced by older people.
Being a Trustee is an unpaid volunteer role, but reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.
Trustee meetings are held quarterly both face to face and occasionally online.
If you interested, drop us a line with your CV and and tell us why you are interested in working with Age UK Leeds, and the skills, experience and knowledge that you will bring to recruitment@ageukleeds.org.uk or by post to Age UK Leeds, Bradbury Building, Mark Lane, Leeds, LS2 8JA.
For an informal discussion, please contact Iain Anderson – Chief Executive on iain.anderson@ageukleeds.org.uk
Hospital to Home Support Worker
Age UK Leeds is a leading local voluntary sector organisation providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of older people in Leeds.
Are you looking for a role that is varied and challenging, where you have the potential to make a real difference and improve the lives of older people in Leeds? If so, we at Age UK Leeds are recruiting for an Hospital to Home Support Worker to work as part of our Hospital to Home.
Service: Hospital to Home Support Worker x2
Salary: Scale 5 £26,459 pro rata
Hours: Part Time: 56 hours over the course of a fortnight. This averages at 28 hours per week and requires working alternate weekends. Current service hours are between 08:30am and 7pm but these may alter based on the needs of the service and funding.
Closing Date: Wednesday 04th February 2026
Interview Date: Week Ending 15/02/26 or 22/02/26
Location: Age UK Leeds, Leeds City Centre
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity, working within an established team!
About the role
In this role you will work as part of the Hospital to Home Team, who provide transportation to facilitate hospital discharge and who carry out support tasks within people’s homes to prevent further hospital admissions. The team, also, assess individuals’ wider support needs and effectively signpost and refer onto other organisations to ensure longer term support is put in place.
About the Hospital to Home Service
Our service prides itself on its “Home First” and patient-centred approach and supports those over 50, who have suffered a period of illness that has affected their independence following a hospital admission or visit to A&E. We work closely with professionals from across the Health & Social Care sector and a range of other agencies to encourage clients to access services that will improve their health and wellbeing and retain their independence.
This may involve activities such as a Pre-Discharge Home Check to ensure that the patient’s home is secure, warm and ready for their arrival and/or identifying potential support needs based upon each individual’s needs, such as hand rails/trip risks etc.
About you
You must have good communication and organisational skills and the ability to assess and respond to the needs of older people. Problem solving and using your initiative, whether lone-working or as part of a team, to provide support, you will work from our base at St James’ University Hospital and out in the community.
This is a hugely rewarding role delivering many different aspects of emotional and practical support to a wide range of patients. If you are passionate about making a difference and have empathy towards others then we would love to hear from you.
Full training will be provided.
Who to contact for an informal discussion – Victoria Pearson, Operations Manager, Hospital To Home Service, 07895 330371
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults at risk, children or both).
How to Apply
To apply for this role please download the following documents which make up the application pack. Please note that all applicants must complete the application form as we do not accept CVs.
Application Pack Documents:
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy
Please submit your completed application and monitoring form to our HR Officer by email at humanresources@ageukleeds.org.uk or by post to Human Resources, Age UK Leeds, Bradbury Building, Mark Lane, Leeds, LS2 8JA.
Please note that postal applications must reach us the working day before the deadline in order to be considered for shortlisting.
For further information about applying for the role contact the HR Officer on 07395851568
Application packs may be available in other formats on request.