{"id":5910,"date":"2023-05-30T16:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/?page_id=5910"},"modified":"2025-01-29T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:02:49","slug":"link-workers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/your-health\/home-first\/your-pathway-home\/link-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0aaa\u0acd\u0ab0\u0aa5\u0aae \u0a98\u0ab0: \u0ab9\u0acb\u0ab8\u0acd\u0aaa\u0abf\u0a9f\u0ab2 \u0ab2\u0abf\u0a82\u0a95 \u0ab5\u0ab0\u0acd\u0a95\u0ab0\u0acd\u0ab8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5910\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-10 sm:pt-20 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h1>Hospital Link Workers<\/h1>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_1.assembler_module_1..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_2 assembler_module_2  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-2\" id=\"module-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5910\/#module-2\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-2<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <p>Link Workers are independent support workers, based in our local hospitals. They can talk to you before you are discharged and make suggestions for your independence and wellbeing at home. Afterwards they can connect you to community organisations and agencies who can assist you.<\/p>\n<p>Link Workers can help with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discharge grants to help you settle at home<\/li>\n<li>Support with benefits<\/li>\n<li>New technology to help with daily living and keeping you safe<\/li>\n<li>Equipment and aids to help<br \/>\nCommunity transport<\/li>\n<li>Local activities like walking, befriending and social outings<\/li>\n<li>Connecting you with special interest and faith groups with mobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you have arrived home, the Link Worker will call you and arrange a home visit if you would like one. This is an opportunity to see what else you might like or need once you\u2019re back home.<\/p>\n<h2>Where are Link Workers based?<\/h2>\n<p>There are Link Workers based at Southmead Hospital. This service is provided by Age UK Bristol and Southern Brooks Community Partnerships.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/library\/hospital-link-workers-service-leaflet\/\"  class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Download the Link Workers service leaflet<\/a>\n\n<p>New Link Worker services are being set up in the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do I need to pay?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You do not need to pay to access the Link Workers service.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_2.assembler_module_2..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_3 assembler_module_3  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-3\" id=\"module-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5910\/#module-3\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-3<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2>Other Home First pathways<\/h2>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/your-health\/home-first\/your-pathway-home\/recovery-and-rehab-at-home\/\"  class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Recovery and rehab at home<\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/your-health\/home-first\/your-pathway-home\/rehab-to-home\/\"  class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Rehab to home<\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/your-health\/home-first\/your-pathway-home\/community-bed\/\"  class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Community bed<\/a>\n\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_3.assembler_module_3..transparent --><\/div><!-- .assembler_module_area.assembler_module_area_1 --><\/div><!-- .assembler_default-group.assembler_module_group.assembler_default-group_1.assembler_module_group_1  -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link Workers can make suggestions for your independence and wellbeing at home and can connect you to community organisations and agencies who can assist you.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":5884,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5910","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36651,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5910\/revisions\/36651"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}