Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for candidates who have an interest or experience in working with children and young people to be an engagement practitioner for the new Gender Service for the North of England. The Children and Young People's Gender Service is a Phase 1 Provider of Gender Services provided in partnership by Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will work to engage children, young people and families in the therapeutic process, supporting the implementation, under the supervision of an experienced clinician, of complex interventions. The post holder will be expected to liaise with external agencies including health, education, social care and the voluntary sector and act as a named key worker to children, young people and families accessing the service. Engagement practitioners will also be responsible for enabling effective and meaningful service user participation in the design and delivery of the service through individual and group engagement.
Successful candidates will have a passion for delivering safe, high quality and effective services to children and young people and will be enthusiastic and committed with strong communication and team working skills.
Main duties of the job
The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description
For further details please contactGSrecruitment@alderhey.nhs.uk
About us
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Degree level qualification and/or equivalent experience in a child and family related field e.g. social work, youth and community work, nursing
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with families with mental health problems.
- Experience of working with families with various or multiple socio-economic difficulties.
- Experience of facilitating groups of young people and enabling their effective participation in service design and development.
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and the ability to act in accordance with Trust procedures.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of behavioural based interventions
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children, young people and families with varying or multiple protected characteristics: ethnicity, disability, culture, sexuality, religion etc.
- Knowledge of child development including adolescence.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to form appropriate relationships with children, young people and families
- Ability to engage and maintain engagement of children, young people and families in the therapeutic process
- Skilled in the communication of sensitive issues and have an awareness of child protection issues and understand the bounds of confidentiality.
- Must demonstrate a high level of verbal and written communication skills commensurate with the nature of clinical and professional contacts required for the job
- Ability to engage with a team of multi-disciplinary professionals both internally and externally in a child/family centred way
- Ability to assess plan and implement patient plans of care with regular supervision
- To be able to work independently with young people presenting at risk but being aware to maintain this within the bounds of your responsibility accessing supervision if required out of the formal structure.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Must demonstrate a commitment to on-going professional development
- Must demonstrate an understanding of the need to take part in Personal Development Reviews to ensure career development plus attending relevant training when appropriate.
- Must show enthusiasm and appreciation for multidisciplinary and multiagency working
- Must demonstrate a professional manner
Desirable
- Driving licence and access to car
- To demonstrate a commitment to work with a diverse group of families and professionals from a variety of backgrounds
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Degree level qualification and/or equivalent experience in a child and family related field e.g. social work, youth and community work, nursing
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with families with mental health problems.
- Experience of working with families with various or multiple socio-economic difficulties.
- Experience of facilitating groups of young people and enabling their effective participation in service design and development.
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and the ability to act in accordance with Trust procedures.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of behavioural based interventions
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children, young people and families with varying or multiple protected characteristics: ethnicity, disability, culture, sexuality, religion etc.
- Knowledge of child development including adolescence.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to form appropriate relationships with children, young people and families
- Ability to engage and maintain engagement of children, young people and families in the therapeutic process
- Skilled in the communication of sensitive issues and have an awareness of child protection issues and understand the bounds of confidentiality.
- Must demonstrate a high level of verbal and written communication skills commensurate with the nature of clinical and professional contacts required for the job
- Ability to engage with a team of multi-disciplinary professionals both internally and externally in a child/family centred way
- Ability to assess plan and implement patient plans of care with regular supervision
- To be able to work independently with young people presenting at risk but being aware to maintain this within the bounds of your responsibility accessing supervision if required out of the formal structure.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Must demonstrate a commitment to on-going professional development
- Must demonstrate an understanding of the need to take part in Personal Development Reviews to ensure career development plus attending relevant training when appropriate.
- Must show enthusiasm and appreciation for multidisciplinary and multiagency working
- Must demonstrate a professional manner
Desirable
- Driving licence and access to car
- To demonstrate a commitment to work with a diverse group of families and professionals from a variety of backgrounds
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.
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).
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.
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).
