Specialist Family Support Worker

6 months ago

GorlestononSea, United Kingdom Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Starfish Learning Disability Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (LD CAMHS) as a Specialist Family Support Worker (30hrs per week).

Starfish are a multi-disciplinary team supporting children and young people (CYP) with a diagnosed learning disability and mental health difficulties that are registered with a Norfolk GP

We work with the CYP and their families together with other professionals involved, such as school, social worker, short breaks provisions etc, to understand their strengths and difficulties and help support them to thrive.

The Team consists of Clinical Psychologists, Learning Disability Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist, Non-medical Nurse Prescribers, Psychological Therapy Practitioners, Therapy Assistants and Family Support Worker. They are supported by a team of Administrators

Starfish are committed to and passionate about the rights of the young person. We are a nuturing, supportive team who value the importance of good supervision, staff well-being and reflective practice.

To work as a core member of the team under the supervision of the clinical lead and other clinicians within the Starfish Team.

To implement focused, time limited direct work with children, young people, families and other agencies involved in their care.

To implement interventions for children and young people in a range of settings.

To support other team members within their clinical roles.

To work collaboratively with the team and wider professionals and agencies.

Clinical

To assist in the assessment of children’s complex needs as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
To implement individual intervention plans to children, families and support services as directed by Senior Clinicians in the team.
The post holder will work on their own, without senior staff present, but will follow therapy programmes and guidance provided by registered staff.
Record and report back accurately and fully on assessments and interventions undertaken; to monitor the child/young persons progress and to alert registered staff to the need to change therapy input.
To communicate relevant information to all involved parties where necessary during and following assessment and intervention.
To provide formal and individual advice, support and consultation to families and services as directed by Senior Members of the team.
Under supervision and in accordance with local priorities and need to work jointly with other organisations to provide parenting support and group work services.
To attend appropriate child review meetings. To contribute verbally and through written reports to these meetings.
To develop good working relations with colleagues and staff in statutory and voluntary agencies.
Use appropriate communication strategies with children with communication difficulties and/or sensory difficulties.
Work with families with children with severe challenging behaviour with or without underlying mental health needs
To deliver training to staff in settings and to families, as directed by Clinical Lead

Professional

Encourage, develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, parents and others involved in working with children with challenging behaviour.

Actively participate in the development of the Starfish service and encourage ‘Best Practice’ amongst wider Children with disabilities teams locally.

Maintain accurate, contemporaneous records in keeping with NCH&C protocols and security policies.

Identify and request sufficient time to continue personal/professional development.

Organisational
- To provide annual, monthly, weekly returns as required.

Manage diary in context of travelling to cover large mix of rural and urban populations.

Report workload pressures appropriately.

Effectively engage in group work activities with colleagues.

Regularly visit children and families in their own homes, frequently as Lone Worker.

Participate in annual appraisal.

Undertake all mandatory training.

Participate in staff development and training as appropriate and use supervision to promote personal/professional development.

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