Job Summary
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.
Date Posted: 07 March 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: 7
Salary: £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 Responsibilities
PATIENT/CLIENT CARE:
1. To safeguard and promote the welfare of children and work to agreed safeguarding children policies.
2. 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.
3. To provide expert advice to parents and carers regarding children's development, and to promote healthy lifestyles to individuals and groups within the community.
4. 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.
5. To work innovatively with other professionals, organisations, and volunteer colleagues sharing knowledge and skills to enhance service delivery and client care.
6. To adapt practice to meet individual client/carers circumstances, taking into account cultural and linguistic backgrounds and disabilities.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. To undertake home visits as required.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. To provide training to a variety of audiences on aspects of motor coordination development.
5. To demonstrate highly developed skills in motivating clients/carers to follow health improving advice and to engage in therapeutic interventions as appropriate.
6. To be responsible for communicating effectively with other Early Years professionals to provide an effective service.
7. To negotiate and manage conflict effectively in a range of settings, with support and supervision from line manager in highly complex cases.
8. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
9. To form effective therapeutic relationships with clients and/or carers who may be under stress and/or having challenging behaviour.
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:
1. To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge of developmental skills in children under 5 underpinned by current evidenced based practice and maintained through specialist courses and self-study.
2. To demonstrate a particular interest in and willingness to undertake training in working with complex families with very young children.
3. To identify own training needs as part of the Professional Development Review and Professional Portfolio.
4. To attend further training as necessary to maintain and further develop the skill and knowledge required of a highly specialist physiotherapist.
5. To keep up to date with current clinical developments through reading, attendance at courses, and meetings.
6. To develop and deliver specialist training (informal and formal) to parents/carers, education staff, and other professionals.
7. To provide specialist advice to colleagues and junior members of the team.
8. To maintain up to date professional registration with HCPC and RCPT at all times.
9. To participate in Peer/Clinical Support Group.
10. To have a working knowledge of the Child Health Promotion Programme and the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.
ANALYTICAL & JUDGEMENTAL SKILLS:
1. To analyse complex information on all aspects of adult and child interaction and communication skills and identify the best treatment programme for each individual family.
2. To understand the strengths and abilities of the child's family when discussing and planning home-based intervention.
3. To adapt intervention as necessary according to individual need, progress, and ability.
4. To seek second opinions from colleagues in highly complex cases and to provide second opinions for others including more junior members of the team.
5. To refer children to other professionals as appropriate.
6. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on clinical practice and decide on the most appropriate interventions.
7. To develop, record, and adapt individual care plans, based on assessment results and response to treatment.
8. To plan, adapt, and target training to all levels of participants.
9. To make joint decisions with other Early Years professionals analysing information provided by them.
PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS:
1. To plan and deliver training to parents/carers and health visiting staff as necessary.
POLICY/SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION:
1. To contribute to the development of team objectives or projects as required.
2. To take a delegated lead in developing specific projects as required.
3. To develop care policies and protocols for specific clinical areas.
4. To advise line manager of issues of service delivery including staffing issues, service pressures etc.
5. To use highly specialist knowledge to contribute to service/policy development.
6. To be aware of and adhere to all Trust and Service policies.
7. To participate and contribute to innovations and developments in areas of risk management, Quality Standard Setting, and Clinical Effectiveness.
INFORMATION RESOURCES:
1. To keep up to date and accurate client case notes, which comply with quality guidelines/policies.
2. To share information with others, observing data protection/information sharing guidelines.
3. To keep and send in accurate statistics within the required time limits.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
1. To participate in and contribute to the development of innovations in the area of risk management, quality standards setting, and clinical effectiveness.
2. To participate in research/clinical audits as required.
FREEDOM TO ACT:
1. To be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as necessary.
2. To provide second opinions related to communication needs on cases as necessary.
3. To work within defined departmental, professional, and organisational protocols, policies, and codes of conduct.
4. To plan, implement, and evaluate own work, seeking advice as necessary from other specialist colleagues.
5. To participate in monthly supervision and annual performance review in accordance with Trust procedures.
6. To seek advice and second opinions as necessary.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential:
* Recognised Physiotherapy Degree
* Highly specialist knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent qualifications, further theoretical training and experience in required speciality
* 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 Essential:
* 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 Essential:
* 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship:
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Cedar House, St Michaels Site, Gater Drive, Chaseside, Enfield, EN2 0JB
Employer's Website: https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
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