Family Support Specialist - Child Development Centre

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

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Job summary

Are you a passionate family support therapist looking to make a real difference? We would like to invite you to apply for our band 7 family support therapist position working with our multidisciplinary team in the Worthing Child Development Centre.

The role assesses patients and their parents/carers providing and implementing plans and treatment to facilitate their wellbeing as well as monitoring care through the provision of highly specialist advice.

The post holder is the lead specialist in this role for the Worthing child development centre and will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to support children and their families/carers in the care of community paediatrics/child development centre.

The role requires sensitive communication skills when speaking with children and their families/carers regarding diagnoses, offering support and counselling to help manage the feelings they may have.

The position enables the families and carers to maximise the potential they have to cope with the emotional, financial and physical challenges that the diagnosis of their child presents.

Main duties of the job

Conduct assessments and develop specialist programmes of care for patients families/carers
Communicating sensitively with children families and carers and the multidisciplinary team
Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team and external agencies to the benefit of the patient/family/carers
Carry out home visits
Develop and implement policy where necessary
Incorporate service development/improvement in to day to day working, taking into account service user feedback
Continue self development/training to benefit self and the service.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From themoment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Date posted

12 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

279-6368900-JUN24

Job locations

Worthing Hospital

Lyndhurst Road

Worthing

BN11 2DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of job description and main responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Psychology, Education, Nursing or similar.
BACP Registration

Desirable

Post graduate diploma/degree

Experience

Essential

Ability to self-supervise in a potential emotive atmosphere and to manage large caseloads of clients whose issues may be complex and highly sensitive.

Desirable

Experience of Counselling

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of wide range of psychological theories of child developmental attachment disorders and psychological disturbance in the child or family system

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Psychology, Education, Nursing or similar.
BACP Registration

Desirable

Post graduate diploma/degree

Experience

Essential

Ability to self-supervise in a potential emotive atmosphere and to manage large caseloads of clients whose issues may be complex and highly sensitive.

Desirable

Experience of Counselling

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of wide range of psychological theories of child developmental attachment disorders and psychological disturbance in the child or family system

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).