Sibling Coordinator

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE: Coordinating, developing and delivering services for siblings of Bluebell Wood children.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities:

To coordinate support services for siblings of families accepted to Bluebell Wood from the point of referral through to post bereavement support.

To facilitate the assessment of individual needs, monitor progress and ensure this is reviewed regularly within an evidence-based approach.

To work in partnership with other professionals and agencies.

To further develop and deliver services for siblings within the hospice and wider community including developing volunteer roles to enhance opportunities available.

To act as an advocate for siblings both internally and externally as required.

To ensure services are inclusive and accessible for all siblings, ensuring an integrated approach to support children and young peoples social, physical and emotional wellbeing.

To facilitate the provision of ongoing emotional support to siblings in conjunction with the Family Support and Care Teams, ensuring available support is appropriate and timely.

To provide information about the services available through Bluebell Wood to siblings and professionals and to promote these services to potential referrers.

Key Tasks

To design and facilitate good quality service provision for siblings. working closely with the wider hospice team.

To facilitate group work for siblings, encouraging and promoting peer support.

To represent Bluebell Wood at external meetings to make links with related agencies.

To evaluate and obtain good quality feedback from siblings engaging in our services, in order to inform future service delivery.

Act as an advocate for siblings at Bluebell Wood, making sure their views and needs are heard.

Work with the Head of Family Support to develop volunteer roles to support the extension of service provision.

Develop and maintain good working relationships with other agencies, statutory and voluntary.

Utilise evidence based assessment tools to identify individual sibling needs and negotiate plans of support in response to these needs.

Offer appropriate packages of sibling support that reflect changing needs, visiting families at home where required.

Support volunteers as deemed appropriate and relevant to role.

Act as a signposting service for families; directing them to counsellors, social services, self-help groups etc. as required.

Communication

Establish and maintain effective communication with children, young people and their families, including through the use of web pages, newsletters, social media etc.

Establish and maintain effective communication with relevant individuals and groups to support siblings; including key members of the hospice; volunteers; service users; statutory and voluntary organisations.

Develop mechanisms to engage with service users enabling siblings to have a voice, which influences current and future service provision.

Service Development

Work with children and young people and their families to ensure their views, experiences and opinions

General

All Bluebell Wood employees are required to:

• Abide by the Health & Safety at Work Act
• Adhere to policy and procedures around safeguarding children and young adults
• Respect confidentiality applying to all Hospice areas
• Respect and work effectively with volunteers
• Work within Hospice policies and procedures
• Comply with the Hospice no smoking policy
• Participate in and contribute to team meetings
• Co-operate and liaise with colleagues
• Behave in a professional manner at all times, reflecting and maintaining the values and ethos of Bluebell Wood

All Bluebell Wood employees are expected to:

• Demonstrate a commitment to their own development, to take advantage of education and training opportunities and develop their own competence.
• Support and encourage harmonious internal and external working relationships.
• Make a positive contribution to fundraising and raising the profile of the Hospice.

This Job Description is not exhaustive. It will be subject to periodic review and may be amended following discussion between the post-holder and employer.

Date of issue: August 2023

Review date: Augsut 2025

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A minimum of Level 3 qualification or equivalent in a subject relevant to working with children, young people and families.
• A minimum of 5 years experience of working with children and young people within either a community or statutory setting.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a palliative care setting.
• Intermediate (Level 2) counselling qualification.

Other

Essential

• Legally entitled to work in this country.
• Must be able to work some regular evenings and occasional weekends.
• Must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for business use.

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 1 years experience of leading and coordinating services for children and young people with complex needs.
• Experience of working with bereaved families and responding to high levels of emotions.
• Experience of developing a service that has taken into account the views and opinions of service users.
• Experience of working collaboratively within an organisation.
• Experience of managing a complex case load, offering support on a 1:1 basis, with the ability to prioritise conflicting demands.
• Experience of planning and delivering services to children and young people across a wide age and capability range.
• Experience of providing representation and advocacy to children and young people
• Minimum of 2 years experience of designing and facilitating group work.
• Experience of providing specialist advice and guidance to other agencies, including schools, around the needs of children living in families where there are complex needs.

Desirable

• Experience of supporting and supervising volunteers.
• Experience of using evidence-based assessment tools to identify need and regularly monitor progress.

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable young adults.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong ability to manage the expectations of others.
• Evidence of displaying proficient IT skills, particularly in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrate evidence of problem solving skills.
• Ability to negotiate complex and sensitive issues through to a satisfactory conclusion.
• The ability to assess childrens emotional and behavioural needs and provide appropriate support.
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead on a project, from design, through to completion and evaluation.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Open and accessible communication style.
• A commitment to and empathy for the philosophy of working within a childrens hospice.
• Ability to work independently and use own initiative.
• Ability to motivate self and others.
• Able to work well as part of a team.
• Cheerful and positive outlook and attitude.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice

Address

Cramfit Road

North Anston

Sheffield

S25 4AJ

Employer's website

https://www.bluebellwood.org/ (Opens in a new tab)