Job summary
To provide practical and emotional support to Children and siblings.
o To work in liaison with other family/ sibling support services to ensure multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, to enable a seamless system for children and families.
o To provide practical and emotional support to the siblings and immediate family following a child's death.
o To work closely with team members using your own initiative, good organisational leadership and time management skills.
Main duties of the job
To guide and assist the nurses & short break facilitators in assessing the emotional needs of the child and immediate family.Developing an individualised plan of care.Enabling the short break facilitators to provide distraction techniques utilising therapeutic, sensory and developmental play activities.To attend and contribute to team meetings, case load updates and meetings relevant to the child.To participate in the development of projects which lead to service improvementsTo liaise and create links with the mortuary, funeral directors, and other agencies as part of end of life care for child and immediate family.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate Degree relevant to childhood studies
- Counselling Skills Training.
Desirable
- Bereavement training
- Child development and social care qualification
- Evidence of working with children and families
- Advanced communication skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Knowledge of bereavement and grief
- Understanding of spiritual, cultural and religious need
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity
- IT skills including Microsoft Word
Desirable
- Awareness of voluntary agencies
- Awareness of literature and government legislation to children and young people
- Knowledge of practical support following a child death, for example funeral planning
- Knowledge of childhood illness and disability
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a childcare setting
- Evidence in working with child and family facing difficult circumstances
- Experience of working with individuals facing or experiencing bereavement
- Experience working with pre-post bereaved children
- Experience of facilitating play/therapeutic group work with child and siblings
- Experience of working within a team under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of producing reports as required
- Experience of working with children with palliative care needs and or children with complex healthcare needs
Desirable
- Experience working with children and young people in groups or individually
- Experience working in a healthcare, hospice, palliative care environment and community
- Leadership experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate Degree relevant to childhood studies
- Counselling Skills Training.
Desirable
- Bereavement training
- Child development and social care qualification
- Evidence of working with children and families
- Advanced communication skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Knowledge of bereavement and grief
- Understanding of spiritual, cultural and religious need
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity
- IT skills including Microsoft Word
Desirable
- Awareness of voluntary agencies
- Awareness of literature and government legislation to children and young people
- Knowledge of practical support following a child death, for example funeral planning
- Knowledge of childhood illness and disability
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a childcare setting
- Evidence in working with child and family facing difficult circumstances
- Experience of working with individuals facing or experiencing bereavement
- Experience working with pre-post bereaved children
- Experience of facilitating play/therapeutic group work with child and siblings
- Experience of working within a team under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of producing reports as required
- Experience of working with children with palliative care needs and or children with complex healthcare needs
Desirable
- Experience working with children and young people in groups or individually
- Experience working in a healthcare, hospice, palliative care environment and community
- Leadership experience
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).
