Young Persons Transition Support Worker for Renal Services
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
The renal youth support and transition worker is a member of the multi-disciplinary team, allocated to manage and maintain a safe, child and young person-focused environment.
The post holder will be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate transition support for young people on the renal ward, renal out-patients clinic, and dialysis unit in support of qualified staff.
To develop and deliver a comprehensive preparation programme for admission to the transition programme for a successful transfer to an adult renal hospital as well as prepare the young person for self-management of their medical condition as an adult.
The successful candidate will work closely with the renal transplant nursing and medical team. The successful candidate will also support young people in the haemodialysis unit and other specialist renal modalities. Where deemed necessary, the youth and transition workers will also support the attached renal ward. This role also has an element of play and support for our younger renal children and introduction to renal transition.
Main Duties of the Job
Promote choice, wellbeing, and the protection of all individuals, by being aware of the trust policies on child protection and safeguarding children and by following the correct procedures if you have any concerns.
To establish effective rapport with groups, individual children, their families, and siblings.
Management of the transition clinics including planning, organising, and delivering transition clinics alongside the adult hospitals. By assessing how many patients will attend each clinic, the complex needs of the young person that may involve other services, how many clinics each young person may require before transfer, and what other support they will require through the transition programme.
Proactively participate in multidisciplinary meetings with the adult hospital pre- and post-clinics to plan the best tailored transition package of care for each young person. This will focus on how many clinics each young person attends, taking their needs and conditions into account.
Act as the young person's advocate, supporting them to gain confidence in talking to health professionals as well as taking control of their own medical condition and living as good a quality of life as possible by empowering the young person.
About Us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children, and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neonatal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year, offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity, and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners, FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity, and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Job Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills, along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Apprenticeship in Youth Work Level 2 or 3/Or Equivalent
* Child Care Qualification at Level 3 or above
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
* Those working with 16-17 years old will need Level 2
* University Degree in Youth Work Level 6
* PG Diploma in Youth Work
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Counselling Skills
* Sensitivity and Understanding
* Ability to Inspire and Motivate
* Ability to Remain Calm in Stressful Situations
Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge
* Ability to Manage Your Own Workload
* Essential to be able to use a computer and software packages like: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
Personal Skills / Abilities and Attributes
* The successful candidate should be capable of managing their own workload, meeting deadlines, organising appointments, and contacting young people and families in a timely manner.
* The successful candidate will need to be able to drive, have their own car, and have a clean driving license.
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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