Job summary
This role involves working one-to-one with young people facing multiple and complex challenges due to their lived trauma. These individuals are likely to be going through the toughest of life transitions and need to be supported through a trauma informed lens and through agency navigation, face-to-face support, phone calls and text messages, using supportive conversations that create a sense of belonging and inclusion.
Main duties of the job
Working with unaccompanied young people who have arrived in the country seeking Asylum.
- To build positive relationships and trust with UASC - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (and former UASC) and those identified as vulnerable young people who have experienced being in care; acting as their advocate, mentor and service and system navigator as required. The aim is to increase the likelihood of engagement by these young people with the pathways to services and support they need to meet and maintain their health needs (physically and emotionally).
- To seek to engage with these young people using an assertive outreach model of practice - using a trauma-informed, strengths-based, and motivational interviewing approach.
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Trauma Informed Navigator to join our PHN nursing team who support families seeking asylum within the UK , this is part of our 0-19 Children's Service which has been rated as 'Outstanding' by CQC.
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated the trust as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Staff well-being is paramount to the organisation and there are several health initiatives to support this and for you to get involved in. So come and join a great place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click ON APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site, you will need to register if you do not already have an account.
- To be trained in, practice and be supervised in trauma informed advocacy and mentoring support and life-skill coaching that will increase the likelihood that the individual will choose to access and engage fully with all services as appropriate.
- To work in peripatetic capacity, across Derby City Centre, in young peoples homes and at locations wherever the role is required in order to deliver advocacy, mentor and navigator functions.
- To accompany and transport clients to healthcare/other appointments in and away from Derby City Centre in so far as it builds trust and positive relationship and developing empowerment in order to meet their own their needs physically, emotionally and socially, in line with DHcFTs risk management and lone working policies.
- To use specific engagement techniques such as motivational interviewing and strengths-based approaches, without coercion, to achieve the above in a trauma informed approach.
- To act on advocacy/mentor as directed by line manager this may be after discussion/agreement with the Local Authority, Children in Care health team or Designated Nurse for Children in Care.
- To champion the safeguarding needs of clients, to include both submitting safeguarding referrals and contributing to safeguarding planning. To promote and uphold young peoples rights and voice but in line with statutory guidance and local policies/procedures.
- To work flexibly so as to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision, responding to organisational change and development.
- To put on activities and workshops to encourage engagement and build relationships.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click ON APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site, you will need to register if you do not already have an account.
- To be trained in, practice and be supervised in trauma informed advocacy and mentoring support and life-skill coaching that will increase the likelihood that the individual will choose to access and engage fully with all services as appropriate.
- To work in peripatetic capacity, across Derby City Centre, in young peoples homes and at locations wherever the role is required in order to deliver advocacy, mentor and navigator functions.
- To accompany and transport clients to healthcare/other appointments in and away from Derby City Centre in so far as it builds trust and positive relationship and developing empowerment in order to meet their own their needs physically, emotionally and socially, in line with DHcFTs risk management and lone working policies.
- To use specific engagement techniques such as motivational interviewing and strengths-based approaches, without coercion, to achieve the above in a trauma informed approach.
- To act on advocacy/mentor as directed by line manager this may be after discussion/agreement with the Local Authority, Children in Care health team or Designated Nurse for Children in Care.
- To champion the safeguarding needs of clients, to include both submitting safeguarding referrals and contributing to safeguarding planning. To promote and uphold young peoples rights and voice but in line with statutory guidance and local policies/procedures.
- To work flexibly so as to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision, responding to organisational change and development.
- To put on activities and workshops to encourage engagement and build relationships.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NVQ level 3
- Trained in Motivational interviewing
- Experience of Trauma informed Advocacy and mentoring
- Experience of working with Young people with complex issues
- Evidence of partnership working
- Evidence good communication skills.
- Has a flexible approach to working with young people.
Essential
Essential
- Has experience of safeguarding children
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NVQ level 3
- Trained in Motivational interviewing
- Experience of Trauma informed Advocacy and mentoring
- Experience of working with Young people with complex issues
- Evidence of partnership working
- Evidence good communication skills.
- Has a flexible approach to working with young people.
Essential
Essential
- Has experience of safeguarding children
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.
