Job summary
Band 4 - Burns Playworker
Full Time (37.5) - 30hrs, Permanent
We can offer you an exciting career opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team caring for children and young people who have sustained a thermal injury.
Do you want to be part of this unique development?
Together Everyone Achieves More
The team is committed to providing quality patient and family focused care for patients of all ages from admission to discharge.
To join the team, you must be interested in working with children who have a burn injury, enthusiastic and flexible in approach.
Be passionate about using play to help improve children, young people and their family's experiences while they are in a hospital setting.
In return for your hard work and commitment you would be part of a dynamic, forward thinking, and supportive team.
Deb Lyne- Burns Ward Manager
Wayne Roberts- Burns Play Specialist
Clare Thomas - Lead Nurse for Burns and Plastics
Main duties of the job
Welcome patients and families to the Burns centre.
Maintain a safe working environment.
Maintain toys and equipment - ensuring Trust Infection Control and cleaning policies are adhered to.
Assist ward staff in meeting the basic care needs of the patient. which includes washing, hygiene, feeding.
To provide normalisng play activities to counteract the effects of hospitalisation.
Use normalising play to provide basic distraction from the hospital environment.
Use knowledge, skills, and experience of child development through to adulthood when selecting play, recreation, and leisure activities.
Actively promote Health and Wellbeing with children, young people, and families.
To have an understanding of reasonable adjustments required for children/young people with learning disabilities and additional needs - including sourcing safe, appropriate play and resource activities.
Able to support children and young people with challenging behaviors.
To facilitate and create a caring and safe play, recreation, and leisure environment for children/young people and families, helping to reduce anxiety and fear
Organise, plan, and implement activities which encourage independence and provide
The opportunity for children/young people and families to spend time independently of each other.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in Child Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Or NNEB Diploma in Nursery Nursing (DNN)
Desirable
- 5 GCSE's A-C grade including English and Maths
- Food hygiene and moving and handling
- S/NVQ level 3 in Play work
- Diploma in play work Cache Level 3
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of regular experience working with children aged 0-16 years.
- Knowledge of the importance of play and how development can affect this
- Knowledge of development and therapeutic play preparation and distraction for all ages.
- Knowledge of issues relating to consent and confidentiality
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safe guarding and cultural and diversity awareness
- Knowledge/experience working with children/young people with additional needs
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of Child Development and Play in children/young people aged 0-19 years
- Awareness of the needs of the hospitalised child/young person and family
- Good understanding of Health & Safety issues relating to children/young people and Play
- Effective written, verbal/non-verbal communication skills
- Ability to meet the play and recreation needs of individuals and groups of children/young people and their families
- Ability to provide fundamental care to an agreed standard.
- Able to work as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent concentration and observation skills
- Able to liaise with professionals at all levels
- To be professional and non-judgemental
- Able to respond effectively to feedback and instruction.
- Basic IT skills or be prepared to undertake training identified by the Trust
Desirable
- Experience of working with children/young people with learning disabilities including those with challenging behaviour
Approach/Values
Essential
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in Child Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Or NNEB Diploma in Nursery Nursing (DNN)
Desirable
- 5 GCSE's A-C grade including English and Maths
- Food hygiene and moving and handling
- S/NVQ level 3 in Play work
- Diploma in play work Cache Level 3
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate evidence of regular experience working with children aged 0-16 years.
- Knowledge of the importance of play and how development can affect this
- Knowledge of development and therapeutic play preparation and distraction for all ages.
- Knowledge of issues relating to consent and confidentiality
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safe guarding and cultural and diversity awareness
- Knowledge/experience working with children/young people with additional needs
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of Child Development and Play in children/young people aged 0-19 years
- Awareness of the needs of the hospitalised child/young person and family
- Good understanding of Health & Safety issues relating to children/young people and Play
- Effective written, verbal/non-verbal communication skills
- Ability to meet the play and recreation needs of individuals and groups of children/young people and their families
- Ability to provide fundamental care to an agreed standard.
- Able to work as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent concentration and observation skills
- Able to liaise with professionals at all levels
- To be professional and non-judgemental
- Able to respond effectively to feedback and instruction.
- Basic IT skills or be prepared to undertake training identified by the Trust
Desirable
- Experience of working with children/young people with learning disabilities including those with challenging behaviour
Approach/Values
Essential
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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