Job summary
An exciting opportunity awaits the right candidate as NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) seeks to recruit an experienced and self-motivated individual to join the Children and Young People Commissioning Team in Tees Valley as a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Health Facilitator. Working in a busy, high-volume but friendly and supportive environment, this role will suit an organised person with an eye for detail and plenty of team spirit .By joining our team in Tees Valley Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) you will be supporting the continued development of high-quality health provision to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for the Children and Young People of Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland. The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Health Facilitator is a key role in supporting the Designated Clinical Officers to ensure delivery of our objectives outlined in the Children's and Families Act (2014) and the SEND Code of Practice (2015) and will be responsible for supporting children, young people and their families to navigate and receive the health services they need at the earliest possible opportunity.
Main duties of the job
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Health Facilitator will work as part of the Children and Young People Portfolio to commission high quality health services for patients across Tees Valley.
The post holder will be responsible for:
Supporting the Designated Clinical Officers in providing leadership and direction on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) delivery in the Tees Valley for 0 to 25-year-olds taking account of national and local strategy.
Represent the ICB at regional and national network events
To participate in whole systems service quality improvement programmes as required including SEND improvement plans and to always practice within a framework that promotes quality and positive family experience.
Make a positive contribution to excellent communications across the system, ensuring effective communication with staff and stakeholder involvement whilst supporting the development of effective partnership working with all partner organisations.
To always promote equality in the commissioning of care and support for children and young people.
About us
To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please view the attached document.For further information about this role - please contact:- ruth.kimmins@nhs.netAbout usNHS North East North Cumbria ICB is a key part of the NHS in our region, working to improve the health of our local population, and ensure that all patients can easily access the care they need quickly and easily when they need it.Tees Valley ICP serves a population size of circa 716,000 across Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.NHS North East & North Cumbria ICB offers a competitive salary, access to the NHS pension scheme, annual leave of between 27 and 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, access to a wide range of discounts as an NHS employee and flexible and agile working options.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Support the Designated Clinical Officer to ensure NHS North East North Cumbria
Integrated Care Board (ICB) meets their statutory duties for children and young people
(CYP) with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25 years old, as
outlined within the Children and Families Act 2014 (Part 3) and described in the SEND
Code of Practice (2015).
This role will be required to work across the Tees Valley to support children and young
people navigate and receive the health services they need at the earliest possible
opportunity.
Undertaking this role will require you to be able to communicate with children and families.
Frequently advocating for their health needs with partner agencies. You will be able to hold
and manage complex and emotive situations that require high level of interpersonal skills
to ensure the child's and families voice is heard within health services.
You will develop relationships with Local Authority SENDIASS services across the Tees
Valley and highlight any potential gaps and challenges within services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Support the Designated Clinical Officer to ensure NHS North East North Cumbria
Integrated Care Board (ICB) meets their statutory duties for children and young people
(CYP) with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25 years old, as
outlined within the Children and Families Act 2014 (Part 3) and described in the SEND
Code of Practice (2015).
This role will be required to work across the Tees Valley to support children and young
people navigate and receive the health services they need at the earliest possible
opportunity.
Undertaking this role will require you to be able to communicate with children and families.
Frequently advocating for their health needs with partner agencies. You will be able to hold
and manage complex and emotive situations that require high level of interpersonal skills
to ensure the child's and families voice is heard within health services.
You will develop relationships with Local Authority SENDIASS services across the Tees
Valley and highlight any potential gaps and challenges within services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree / post grad level or equivalent level of clinical experience, working at a senior level which includes SEND as a specialist area
- Also hold a professional qualification: Registered Nurse: RNC / RNLD
- Or be a Registered Allied Health Professional e.g., Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Physiotherapist or Specialist Public Health Practitioner
Experience
Essential
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the Children and Families Act 2014 and SEND Code of Practice 0-25 (2014).
- Knowledge of policy, good practice standards and quality improvement strategies related to children and young people with complex health needs
- Knowledge and understanding of the main issues affecting outcomes for children, young people, and families, particularly children and young people with SEND.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of key issues affecting health services, modernisation and local commissioning agendas including national policy on reforms in the NHS.
- Previous experience of managing and delivering against performance indicators
Disposition
Essential
- Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes.
- Commitment to team-working and respect for the skills of others.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and innovative with a can do attitude.
- Ability to promote workforce diversity and contribute to wider equality and diversity agenda.
- Able to manage oneself and arrange work schedule in the most effective way.
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate skill in working with a variety of people with different needs.
- The duties of this post may require traveling therefore the post holder must be independently mobile, however, many meetings may continue to be held virtually via technology
- Flexible approach.
- To be calm, professional, and reassuring at all times when dealing with other agencies and the public.
Skills & Aptitude
Essential
- Advanced communication skills across a range of different environments, and ability to adapt to changing situations.
- Competent in a range of IT and communication mediums and able to work across virtual platforms daily.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Ability to manage highly complex cases.
- Ability to update knowledge of various acts and statutory guidance such as SEND reforms, children who are looked after / in care / Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Valuing People, Safeguarding etc.
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance.
- Good-working knowledge of local policies that apply to nursing, health, and social care.
- Ability to create care plans, understanding responsibilities of all involved.
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- The ability to work with service users in a range of engagement methods to improve services.
- Ability to evaluate risk.
- Ability to engage and work effectively with relevant agencies and multi-disciplinary professionals at all levels and ensure deadlines are met.
- Ability to manage and have a clinical knowledge of a wide range of long-term conditions, illness, and disability.
- Ability to produce any written documentation to a high standard.
- Ability to network and have knowledge of services.
- Ability to signpost and provide advice on access to generic health and social services.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Offices Packages, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, negotiation skills and ability to convey highly contentious or sensitive issues.
Disposition
Essential
- Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes.
- Commitment to team-working and respect for the skills of others.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and innovative with a can do attitude.
- Ability to promote workforce diversity and contribute to wider equality and diversity agenda.
- Able to manage oneself and arrange work schedule in the most effective way.
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate skill in working with a variety of people with different needs.
- The duties of this post may require traveling therefore the post holder must be independently mobile, however, many meetings may continue to be held virtually via technology.
Abilities
Essential
- Systematic approach to problem solving
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives without supervision
- Proven ability to understand organisational business drivers and service provision to ensure that all project planning and implementation is in line with business plans and deliverables.
- Continuous ability to source, assimilate and analyse data and information relating to wide range of services and translate into an easily understood format
Experience
Essential
- Have substantial clinical experience as a professional in the field of SEND.
- Ability to coordinate highly complex assessments using a person-centred planning approach ensuring clear outcomes are identified for children and young people.
- Have good negotiating and leadership skills; negotiate on difficult, emotional, and controversial issues.
- Previous experience in Education, Health, and Care planning processes
- Experienced in working autonomously using ones own initiative.
- Experience of close multi- disciplinary and multi-agency working to achieve outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
Desirable
- Experience in case management including interface with legal teams
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree / post grad level or equivalent level of clinical experience, working at a senior level which includes SEND as a specialist area
- Also hold a professional qualification: Registered Nurse: RNC / RNLD
- Or be a Registered Allied Health Professional e.g., Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Physiotherapist or Specialist Public Health Practitioner
Experience
Essential
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the Children and Families Act 2014 and SEND Code of Practice 0-25 (2014).
- Knowledge of policy, good practice standards and quality improvement strategies related to children and young people with complex health needs
- Knowledge and understanding of the main issues affecting outcomes for children, young people, and families, particularly children and young people with SEND.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of key issues affecting health services, modernisation and local commissioning agendas including national policy on reforms in the NHS.
- Previous experience of managing and delivering against performance indicators
Disposition
Essential
- Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes.
- Commitment to team-working and respect for the skills of others.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and innovative with a can do attitude.
- Ability to promote workforce diversity and contribute to wider equality and diversity agenda.
- Able to manage oneself and arrange work schedule in the most effective way.
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate skill in working with a variety of people with different needs.
- The duties of this post may require traveling therefore the post holder must be independently mobile, however, many meetings may continue to be held virtually via technology
- Flexible approach.
- To be calm, professional, and reassuring at all times when dealing with other agencies and the public.
Skills & Aptitude
Essential
- Advanced communication skills across a range of different environments, and ability to adapt to changing situations.
- Competent in a range of IT and communication mediums and able to work across virtual platforms daily.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Ability to manage highly complex cases.
- Ability to update knowledge of various acts and statutory guidance such as SEND reforms, children who are looked after / in care / Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Valuing People, Safeguarding etc.
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance.
- Good-working knowledge of local policies that apply to nursing, health, and social care.
- Ability to create care plans, understanding responsibilities of all involved.
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- The ability to work with service users in a range of engagement methods to improve services.
- Ability to evaluate risk.
- Ability to engage and work effectively with relevant agencies and multi-disciplinary professionals at all levels and ensure deadlines are met.
- Ability to manage and have a clinical knowledge of a wide range of long-term conditions, illness, and disability.
- Ability to produce any written documentation to a high standard.
- Ability to network and have knowledge of services.
- Ability to signpost and provide advice on access to generic health and social services.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Offices Packages, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, negotiation skills and ability to convey highly contentious or sensitive issues.
Disposition
Essential
- Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes.
- Commitment to team-working and respect for the skills of others.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and innovative with a can do attitude.
- Ability to promote workforce diversity and contribute to wider equality and diversity agenda.
- Able to manage oneself and arrange work schedule in the most effective way.
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate skill in working with a variety of people with different needs.
- The duties of this post may require traveling therefore the post holder must be independently mobile, however, many meetings may continue to be held virtually via technology.
Abilities
Essential
- Systematic approach to problem solving
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives without supervision
- Proven ability to understand organisational business drivers and service provision to ensure that all project planning and implementation is in line with business plans and deliverables.
- Continuous ability to source, assimilate and analyse data and information relating to wide range of services and translate into an easily understood format
Experience
Essential
- Have substantial clinical experience as a professional in the field of SEND.
- Ability to coordinate highly complex assessments using a person-centred planning approach ensuring clear outcomes are identified for children and young people.
- Have good negotiating and leadership skills; negotiate on difficult, emotional, and controversial issues.
- Previous experience in Education, Health, and Care planning processes
- Experienced in working autonomously using ones own initiative.
- Experience of close multi- disciplinary and multi-agency working to achieve outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
Desirable
- Experience in case management including interface with legal teams
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
