Play Support Worker

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Full time

**Post Title**: Play Support Worker

**Department**: Children’s Day care Unit, Children and Young People Division

**Grade**: Band 3

**Hours**: 13.5hrs a week Thursday-Friday (Hours to be confirmed)

Main duties and responsibilities
- Identify and detect any fears and anxieties from Children and their families and engage with them to help deal with their feelings/anxieties.
- To create age appropriate daily play activities for children and young people.
- To facilitate distraction and coping strategies for children undergoing painful / invasive procedures
- To engage with children, young people, and their families during their stay in hospital, offer support and help to deal with their anxieties and feelings.
- Accompany child & carer to theatres.
- Attend pre
- assessment clinics to prepare and inform children of their upcoming procedures.
- To be aware at all times of the provision of a healthy and safe environment, in accordance with Trust policy and current legislation
- To be visible, approachable, friendly, and pro-active at all times.
- Ensure that toys are cleaned routinely in line with the departments cleaning schedule and infection control policy on Children’s Daycare Unit.
- To communicate appropriately with children, young people and their families/carers.
- To assist with setting up play areas, materials, and equipment daily.
- To build relationships with parents, carers, and professionals.
- Be aware of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
- To encourage and support parents to join in play activities.
- Assist with fundraising and networking to raise funds to maintain and replace toys and equipment.
- Assist with the organisation of parties and special events.Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

To provide a high quality, holistic play service for all children, young people and their families within the Children’s Daycare Unit

To enable Children and Young People to feel at ease and feel safe within the hospital environment and have appropriate access to play whilst in hospital.

To help organise daily play, art and fun activities in the playroom or at the bedside where appropriate.

To work collaboratively with the nursing team and medical team using play to help with distraction and preparation for hospital procedures.

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