Epilepsy Youth Worker

3 months ago

Crewe, United Kingdom Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The successfully candidate will be part of the Paediatric Epilepsy multi-disciplinary team using specific skills to contribute to the care and understanding of the YoungPeople, their families, and will ensure the clinic environment is Young People friendly, stimulating and work closely with Young People with Epilepsy, conducting relevant workshops in the community.

A critical function of the role is to support the wider hospital youth service and ensure Young People with Epilepsy are able to engage in activities and sessions to ensure the best experience for young people.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve working alongside Young People, using informal or formal assessment to establish the needs of the patient group, by forming a good working relationship with the Paediatric Epilepsy team to provide a thorough andeffective service, meeting the holistic needs of the Young Person and their successful candidate will be required to complete regular data collection fromsurveys to monitor the effectiveness of the Youth Worker role to improve theoverall health and experience of care for the Young People and their results will be used to establish an appropriate response to support theseyoung people throughout the Youth support worker will encourage and supervise the interaction of YoungPeople with activities, with particular emphasis on group work and usemotivational approaches, where appropriate. Working with Young People, they will prepare them for specific activities and treatment plans. Ensuring that links withexternal agencies or units where Young People may be cared for are forged.Supervision of unqualified staff such as youth work, play specialist students andvolunteers is a integral part of the role will be required to travel to multiple locations as part of the work.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care,child health,maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.

We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

We welcome all applicants and assess all job applications based on knowledge, skills and experience needed for the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed of the main responsibilities can be found in the job description attached.

Overview of responsibilities:Working with young people who are diagnosed with epilepsy, to ensure that theholistic needs are metIncrease engagement with Young PeopleCollect data from survey and other sources to monitor the effectiveness of theYouth Worker role, to improve the overall health and experience of care for theYoung People and their families.Encourage and supervise the interaction of Young People with activities, withparticular emphasis on group work and using motivational approaches, whereappropriate.Supervise unqualified staff such as youth work, play specialist students and volunteers

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Good Interpersonal Skills and Ability to effectively communicate with young people and families

Desirable

Advanced communication skills

Values

Essential

A listening, learning and leading approach. A commitment to work together to create the best outcomes A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues.

Behaviours

Essential

Committed to working with young people and their families. Ability to develop rapport with young people. Must be willing to act as a role model.

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