Young Persons Transition Support Worker for Renal Services

1 week ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The renal youth support and transition worker is a member of the multi-disciplinary team, allocated to manage and maintain a safe, child and young person-focused environment.
The post holder will be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate transition support for young people on the renal ward, renal out-patients clinic and dialysis unit in support of qualified staff.
To develop and deliver a comprehensive preparation programme for admission to the transition programme for a successful transfer to an adult renal hospital as well as prepare the young person for self-management of medical condition as an adult
Promote choice, wellbeing and the protection of all individuals, by being aware of the trust policies on child protection and safeguarding children and by following the correct procedures if you have any concerns.
To establish effective rapport with groups, individual children, their families and siblings.
Management of the transition clinics including planning, organising and delivering transition clinics alongside the adult hospitals. By assessing how many patients will attend each clinic, the complex needs of the young person that may involve other services, how many clinics each young person may require before transfer and what other support they will require through the transition programme.
Proactively participate in multidisciplinary meetings with the adult hospital pre
- and post-clinics to plan the best tailored transition package of care for each young person. This will focus on how many clinics each young person attends, taking their needs and conditions into account.
Act as the young person’s advocate with supporting them to gain confidence in talking to health professionals as well as taking control of their own medical condition and to live as good quality a life as possible by empowering the young person.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

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