Job summary
Please note secondment will be considered for internal applicants.
Exciting opportunity - Serious Violence Recovery Navigator
Children and Young People's Emergency Department (CYPED)
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children and young people affected by violence. We are looking for a dedicated and resilient Recovery Navigator to join the CYPED team. You will play a vital role in helping children and young people find safer pathways forward. With support from the Safeguarding team, you will help to identify young people at risk of violence and navigate them through hospital and community services. You will maintain an active caseload and reduce the risk of patients re-attending A&E due to violence-related injuries.
Experience working with young people is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will utilise a multi-agency approach to improve the outcomes and life chances for children and young people between the ages of 10 and 25, with an initial focus on ages 10 to 17, who are experiencing multiple problems, including serious violence, to reduce the impact upon emergency services and local communities.
Form strong professional relationships with the Children and Young People's Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre teams and work closely with them to identify patients who may benefit from the Navigator service.
Responsible for engaging new individuals into the service by working closely in partnership with treatment and recovery providers and with the recovery community.
Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.
About us
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working as an effective team member
- Evidence of a proven track record of working with people impacted by violence, trauma or tragedy
- An understanding of the issues faced by people living in deprived areas
- An understanding of substance misuse and violence and its associated causal factors, through professional and/or personal "lived" experience
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Gather data and analyse benchmarking information for trends.
- Excellent IT skills/ability to adapt to a variety of IT packages.
- Able to review patients responses to treatment plans and report progress or potential need for review by Senior Team member if expected outcomes are not being achieved
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English (GCSE 9-4) or Maths and English Functional Skills Level 2
- NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or Youth Justice Services
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working without direct supervision.
- Experience in communicating with patients displaying challenging behaviour.
- Experience in assessing and managing risks to patients and others.
- Provide an environment that enables compassionate, individualised, safe care to be delivered.
- Identify any additional needs of the patient/carer and refer to appropriate member of the multi-agency/multi-professional team via the agreed pathways.
- Make reasonable adjustments to maximise the patient's experience as need identified.
- Support and enable patients and carers to identify own health needs and strategies to improve and maintain wellbeing.
- Accurately observe and record patient's clinical condition, and initiate appropriate action, in response to any change in condition, Act as the patient's advocate at all times.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working as an effective team member
- Evidence of a proven track record of working with people impacted by violence, trauma or tragedy
- An understanding of the issues faced by people living in deprived areas
- An understanding of substance misuse and violence and its associated causal factors, through professional and/or personal "lived" experience
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Gather data and analyse benchmarking information for trends.
- Excellent IT skills/ability to adapt to a variety of IT packages.
- Able to review patients responses to treatment plans and report progress or potential need for review by Senior Team member if expected outcomes are not being achieved
Qualifications
Essential
- Maths and English (GCSE 9-4) or Maths and English Functional Skills Level 2
- NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or Youth Justice Services
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working without direct supervision.
- Experience in communicating with patients displaying challenging behaviour.
- Experience in assessing and managing risks to patients and others.
- Provide an environment that enables compassionate, individualised, safe care to be delivered.
- Identify any additional needs of the patient/carer and refer to appropriate member of the multi-agency/multi-professional team via the agreed pathways.
- Make reasonable adjustments to maximise the patient's experience as need identified.
- Support and enable patients and carers to identify own health needs and strategies to improve and maintain wellbeing.
- Accurately observe and record patient's clinical condition, and initiate appropriate action, in response to any change in condition, Act as the patient's advocate at all times.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
