Job summary
UHB Children's Services: Where a passion and career come together!
Our Neonatal Service seeks compassionate individuals who are keen to provide support and advice to families with sick and premature new-borns at UHB
This is a patient facing role to enhance infant and family wellbeing, working under the direct supervision of registered practitioners the post holder will provide support in a variety of ways: Improving infant feeding, family mental health, signposting to financial advice services, promoting infant developmental care, teaching about infant home safety, supporting the implementation of safeguarding plans and providing support to families whose baby is receiving palliative care or who have experienced a bereavement.
You will join our highly skilled team ensuring families receive social, emotional and practical support during inpatient admissions and in preparation for discharge home.
Individuals must have experience of working with families and children and they must be able to demonstrate effective communication skills.
The Individual would work across the inpatient Neonatal service at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospital, outpatient clinics and also support our Neonatal outreach team in the community.
Working hours can be flexible but cover 7 days a week. There are no night shifts required.
If this sounds like the job for you then please get in touch.
Main duties of the job
The Family Support worker will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive family support service to parents, carers and babies.
Encourage families to be active participants in their babies care by being present as much as they are able, attending ward rounds, completing the neonatal journey booklet and providing or supporting parent information sessions.
Advocate for families by acting as a bridge between the family and the multidisciplinary teams.
In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team ensure the wellbeing needs of the babies and families are being supported within the clinical environment maintaining excellent lines of communication and escalation of concerns.
Promote a Baby Friendly environment following a Family Integrated Care Approach.
Support the creation of a safe and loving bond between babies and their families.
To promote and facilitate parental understanding of the needs of the infant.
Support the psychological wellbeing of the family.
Identify and assist with the implementation of plans to support safeguarding.
Provide practical advice and support to families such as welfare rights advice and benefits, Assist families with the negotiation of care packages, benefits applications and social services liaison.
Plan organise and develop recreational activities to meet specific needs of the infant siblings and family
Undertake training and education as required to assist in the care of families and carers of infants receiving neonatal care.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *GCSE or equivalent Maths and English
- *Educated to academic level 3, such as NVQ in health and social care or equivalent relevant experience.
Desirable
- *Level 3 qualification held for at least 12 months
Experience
Essential
- *Good understanding of family- centred care and family integrated care
- *Demonstrate a basic knowledge of working with children & young people with additional physical, learning, emotional and social needs
- *Ability to prioritise child/families needs both clinically and socially
- *Ability to work alone
- *Experience of working / participating as part of a team.
- *Evidence of ability to work using own initiative and under minimal supervision
- *Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- *Knowledge of record keeping
- *Basic knowledge of computer and IT skills
Desirable
- *Experience of working in the community
- *Experience as Family Support Worker or carer in health, social care, short breaks or education setting
- *Evidence of teaching or supervising others
- *Ability to act in accordance to emergency plans and procedures
- *Can articulate the reasons for training/ standards of practice and behaviour and how these may be demonstrated / relate to patient care and safety
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to plan own workload
- *Plan and organize straightforward tasks, programmes of care or activity with child
- *Contact and communicate effectively to members of the multidisciplinary team and coordinate visits accordingly with knowledge of the family
- *Able to communicate and provide instructions clearly and tactfully
- *Able to report back in a factual and concise manner to multidisciplinary team*Ability to organize and coordinate multidisciplinary meetings for the family
- *An understanding of personal/professional boundaries
- *Good standard of spoken and written English
- *Occupational Health Clearance
- *Evidence of good health
- *Professional appearance
- *Supportive of team members
- *Demonstrate kindness and compassion.
- *Professionally assertive
- *Motivated, enthusiastic, team player flexible to the needs of the provision of care required by the family
- *Demonstrate interpersonal skills in order to facilitate relationship with families
- *Ability to remain calm and composed
- *Good team worker
- *Prepared to work flexibly to meet service needs
- *Good communication skills
- *Good time keeping
- *Ability to work with completing priorities
- *Flexible approach to shift patterns and place of work this may include working in different practice settings in different locations dependent upon service need
Desirable
- *Ability to organize and coordinate multidisciplinary meetings for the family
- *Previous working with families on a supportive basis such as social care agencies/health setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *GCSE or equivalent Maths and English
- *Educated to academic level 3, such as NVQ in health and social care or equivalent relevant experience.
Desirable
- *Level 3 qualification held for at least 12 months
Experience
Essential
- *Good understanding of family- centred care and family integrated care
- *Demonstrate a basic knowledge of working with children & young people with additional physical, learning, emotional and social needs
- *Ability to prioritise child/families needs both clinically and socially
- *Ability to work alone
- *Experience of working / participating as part of a team.
- *Evidence of ability to work using own initiative and under minimal supervision
- *Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- *Knowledge of record keeping
- *Basic knowledge of computer and IT skills
Desirable
- *Experience of working in the community
- *Experience as Family Support Worker or carer in health, social care, short breaks or education setting
- *Evidence of teaching or supervising others
- *Ability to act in accordance to emergency plans and procedures
- *Can articulate the reasons for training/ standards of practice and behaviour and how these may be demonstrated / relate to patient care and safety
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to plan own workload
- *Plan and organize straightforward tasks, programmes of care or activity with child
- *Contact and communicate effectively to members of the multidisciplinary team and coordinate visits accordingly with knowledge of the family
- *Able to communicate and provide instructions clearly and tactfully
- *Able to report back in a factual and concise manner to multidisciplinary team*Ability to organize and coordinate multidisciplinary meetings for the family
- *An understanding of personal/professional boundaries
- *Good standard of spoken and written English
- *Occupational Health Clearance
- *Evidence of good health
- *Professional appearance
- *Supportive of team members
- *Demonstrate kindness and compassion.
- *Professionally assertive
- *Motivated, enthusiastic, team player flexible to the needs of the provision of care required by the family
- *Demonstrate interpersonal skills in order to facilitate relationship with families
- *Ability to remain calm and composed
- *Good team worker
- *Prepared to work flexibly to meet service needs
- *Good communication skills
- *Good time keeping
- *Ability to work with completing priorities
- *Flexible approach to shift patterns and place of work this may include working in different practice settings in different locations dependent upon service need
Desirable
- *Ability to organize and coordinate multidisciplinary meetings for the family
- *Previous working with families on a supportive basis such as social care agencies/health setting.
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.
