Paediatric Physiotherapy Universal Services
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative Physiotherapy project aimed at reducing inequalities in one of the most deprived areas of Enfield. The project will focus on improving outcomes for 0-5 year olds from identified high-risk groups such as deprived areas.
The postholder will work within a multi-agency team with a range of health, early years, social care and voluntary sector professionals.
The postholder will have a role in the development, planning and provision of universal and targeted support strands for children at risk of developmental issues and concerns and their parents as well as the wider community support network.
Main Duties of the Job
1. To continue to develop and extend the reach of universal services, delivering a model of early intervention and prevention to children and families from birth to 5 years from deprived backgrounds.
2. To offer training, supervision and support to health visitors, early years practitioners, nursery staff and parent champion volunteers working on the project.
3. To run intervention groups for parents/carers of children identified as 'at risk' of early developmental delay.
4. To continue to develop and improve project communication strategy, strengthening key partnerships with colleagues within health, education, voluntary and social care sectors.
5. To work with the health visiting team and other professional groups in the private, voluntary and independent sectors to establish a clear and well-used referral pathway, offering guidance, training and support as required.
6. To undertake screening and review assessments and to organise and run targeted intervention groups.
7. To deliver and continue to improve on promotion and widespread uptake of an established training package to key partners within the early years sector.
About Us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Take a tour of our hospital here.
Job Responsibilities
1. PATIENT/CLIENT CARE:
2. To safeguard and promote the welfare of children and work to agreed safeguarding children policies.
3. To work alongside Early Years Practitioners to develop evidence-based interventions for individuals and groups experiencing difficulties with their child's development and or difficulties in the carer/infant relationship.
4. To provide expert advice to parents and carers regarding children's development, and to promote healthy lifestyles to individuals and groups within the community.
5. To develop innovative ways of working to deliver early intervention to vulnerable and hard-to-reach families and to modify these as appropriate using evaluation/outcome measurement tools.
6. To work innovatively with other professionals, organisations and volunteer colleagues sharing knowledge and skills to enhance service delivery and client care.
7. To adapt practice to meet individual client/carers circumstances, taking into account cultural and linguistic backgrounds and disabilities.
8. To provide highly specialist support and short-term intervention to families who have a child identified as being in need involving them in their care planning, advocating on their behalf and signposting them to other services as appropriate.
9. To work effectively with clients, carers, colleagues and education staff around individual case management, providing advice, guidance and support as necessary and involving them in the planning and prioritisation of care wherever possible.
10. To produce accurate and detailed reports, therapy programmes, advice and information as necessary in a timely manner, reflecting clinical expertise. To refer children to other health, education or social services professionals as necessary.
11. To undertake home visits as required.
12. COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:
13. To be able to gather information that may be highly sensitive or highly complex and to analyse it making a full assessment of a client's strengths and difficulties.
14. To work closely with clients, carers, education staff and other professionals using empathy, tact, reassurance and active listening to complete assessments, discuss results, and agree treatment options.
15. To discuss diagnosis and potential outcomes with parents/carers, Health and Local Authority colleagues, voluntary organisations, and work collaboratively in decision making regarding referral on and intervention.
16. To provide training to a variety of audiences on aspects of motor co-ordination development.
17. To demonstrate highly developed skills in motivating clients/carers to follow health improving advice and to engage in therapeutic interventions as appropriate.
18. To be responsible for communicating effectively with other Early Years professionals to provide an effective service.
19. To negotiate and manage conflict effectively in a range of settings, with support and supervision from line manager in highly complex cases.
20. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
21. To form effective therapeutic relationships with clients and/or carers who may be under stress and/or having challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
* Recognised Physiotherapy Degree
* Highly specialist knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent qualifications, further theoretical training and experience in required specialty.
* HCPC Licence to Practice.
* Registered member of Royal College of Physiotherapy.
* Continued Professional Development evidenced by attendance at short specialist postgraduate courses to maintain and develop own specialist knowledge and expertise.
Skills & Abilities
* Significant Early Years' experience and high level clinical skills including assessment and diagnosis relevant to specialist area.
* Experience of developing service initiatives, particularly in universal services.
* Experience of working with different professional disciplines and agencies.
* Experience of clinical supervision/mentoring to a wide range of staff.
Experience
* In-depth knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group.
* In-depth and expert knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits.
* Knowledge of NHS, Education and Early Years national policy and directives where these impact on area of specialism or service delivery.
* Knowledge of barriers to understanding & ability to explain complex issues simply.
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.
Project Lead, Universal Therapy Services
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
10 months
Working Pattern
Full-time
Reference Number
393-NMUH-7024449
Job Locations
Cedar House
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