Join our Special Needs Nursery Team and be part of this exciting time.
The Child Health Service is now recruiting a part-time nursery keyworker to work within the Special Needs Nursery.
You will work directly with a small team to deliver therapy intervention within a nursery environment. You will support children with additional needs to participate in activities which promote their speech and language, gross and fine motor skills, and social interaction skills. This will be an excellent opportunity to further develop your interest in children with special needs.
We are a large multi-agency team who work together to offer children an integrated approach to therapy, through holistic assessments and intervention. You will have access to in-house training and we will offer regular clinical supervision to help you develop your skills.
Interested? For an informal chat about the role please call Becci Brown, Team Lead for Physical Therapies, on 07849516548.
Main duties of the job
* To work as a member of the Child Health Service Special Needs Nursery facilitating nursery-based sessions for children with additional needs.
* You will work under the supervision of a trained nursery nurse and alongside other keyworkers.
* To assess developmental skills of the children attending the nursery setting and to implement strategies and therapy goals as outlined by the therapists.
* To promote socialisation for the child and enable familiarisation with the nursery environment.
* To undertake related administrative duties including electronic health records and taking responsibility for organising defined specific areas of work.
About us
So what else?
This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
We'll provide well established, in-service training, one-to-one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work-life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job responsibilities
1. Communication and relationship skills: Provide and receive complex information. Exchange condition-related information with patients and relatives, who may have communication difficulties.
2. Knowledge, training and experience: To have qualification of NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience. To have an understanding of a minimum of three therapeutic specialities eg OT, speech & language and physiotherapy.
3. Analytical and judgement skills: To be able to evaluate patients' general conditions adapting treatment as necessary.
4. Planning and organisational skills: To be able to plan a nursery session under the guidance of the nursery nurse and ensure resources are suitable.
5. Physical skills: To be able to deliver therapeutic treatment by using a very broad spectrum of skills including physical manipulation, sensory skills, communication skills and moving and handling of children both in and out of equipment and orthoses.
6. Responsibility for patient/client care: To implement holistic therapeutic treatment in one package of care using skills from all five professionals (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech & language, dietitian and podiatry) in line with the prescribed therapy care program.
7. Responsibilities for human resources (HR): To demonstrate own duties to other support workers and students and provide practical training to any level of staff if appropriate.
8. Responsibilities for information resources: To update the child's records and attend any meetings deemed necessary by the professional lead.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BTEC or equivalent in Child Development or Health and Social Care
* Further training in working with children with additional needs
Experience
* Experience of working in a nursery or pre-school setting
* Experience working with children with additional needs
Skills
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
MCH values
* Good understanding of MCH values
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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