Specialist Deaf Outreach Worker

Are you interested in being part of a bilingual (BSL/English) and bicultural York outreach team? This team will offer specialist assessments, compile reports, and provide feedback to young deaf people, their families, and referrers and, where possible, offer sign posting to services to support the recommendations / suggested therapeutic intervention(s).

**This role focuses on a pilot service**: The 18-25 Deaf Mental Health Assessment Service (18-25 DMHAS), targeting young deaf adults within the Yorkshire & Humber area. The 24-month pilot aims to assess demand, address service gaps, and inform future commissioning.

This service will work within the established National Deaf CAMHS (Northern Arm) serves the North of England with outreach teams in York, Newcastle, and Manchester.

What does a Specialist Deaf Outreach Worker (SDOW) do? Check out our video for more information:
**Team**:
Part of the bilingual (BSL/English) and bicultural York outreach team, the Specialist Deaf Outreach Worker (SDOW) collaborates with professionals in the 18-25 Deaf Mental Health Assessment Service (DMHAS), a Team Secretary, a Clinical Psychologist, a Clinical Team Interpreter and a Specialist Practitioner. Support and co-ordination of this service will be provided by the Clinical Team Manager, a Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist, a Deaf Service Consultant, a Clinical Lead, the Operational Manager and the Head of Operations Manager.

**Role**:
As a Specialist Deaf Outreach Worker in the 18-25 DMHAS, the focus is on effective communication and enhancing care for young deaf adults and families. This involves aligning the team's cultural background with that of patients, requiring deep understanding of deaf individuals’ nuances.

**Responsibilities**:
The role involves communication / relationship skills, knowledge / training / experience, analysis/problem-solving / judgmental skills, and planning / organisational skills. Tasks include assessments, safeguarding, trauma-informed approach implementation, and providing specialist knowledge. The worker contributes to accessibility, offers expertise in BSL and deaf culture, attends training, and travels for appointments.

The document details duties, emphasising cultural competence, patient care, and ongoing professional development.

See above & full Job Description

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Refer to the Job Description & Person Specification for more details.

**Informal enquiries to**:
Corinna Andrews, Clinical Team Manager

J Foster-Goodman, Operational Manager

07980 956992 - J Foster-Goodman (text/voice/video calls in BSL or English)