Band 5 Senior Family Support Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a full, or part-time permanent band 5 Senior Family Support Practitioner, who will be part of a service that offers specialist play, emotional support and pre/post bereavement support to children/young people and their families who have life limiting/threatening medical conditions and/or complex ill health.

The ability to use your initiative and manage your time effectively is required, along with the ability to work as part of a team and wider multi-agency services.

This is an exciting opportunity to expand on existing knowledge and skills. The post holder will have a diverse and sometimes complex caseload to manage and will need to have substantial relevant experience of working with children and young people who are affected by illness in many ways.

This service is at the forefront of delivering holistic care to ensure services are wrapped around the individual and their families.

Therefore, a willingness to engage in supporting colleagues in the team and other agencies as well as working in cooperation and developing links with other statutory and independent sector agencies will be very important.

This is a very supportive team and you will be encouraged to continue your professional development with the help of regular clinical supervision and access to training opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for assessing, planning, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of evidenced-based specialist play and/or therapeutic interventions to clients/service users.

• Assisting and contributing towards the development of an effective therapeutic play service, working with children, young people and their families who are affected by a life limiting/ threatening medical condition or complex ill health.
• Work as a member of the Child & Family Support Service as part of the Diana Children's Community Service in the provision of Palliative Care, providing bereavement focused therapeutic support for children and young people affected by a life limiting/threatening illness.
• Advice, support and supervise students/other professionals on the use of specialist/creative therapeutic play.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of clients/service users and their families.
• Contribute towards the design and delivery of training/teaching for a variety of allied health professionals, families, education and charitable/voluntary sector settings

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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