Band 3 Family Support Worker - Paediatric Diabetes

The closing date is 22nd Mar 2023

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Paediatric Diabetes Team for a highly motivated, experienced Family Support Worker to make a difference to the lives of children and young people and their families with diabetes at University Hospitals Birmingham, NHSFT with the main bases at Good Hope and Heartlands.

Working directly with children and young people both individually and within groups as well as working within an

established and expanding, extremely driven paediatric diabetes team who are committed to delivering the best possible care to children and young people with diabetes.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

To provide a high quality, safe, equitable and efficient service to children registered with the paediatric diabetes team for the assessment, diagnosis and management of children and young people with diabetes.

The role involves assisting qualified members of the team, to provide interventional support to children, young people and their families in their homes, at school (main stream and special school settings) clinic and other community environments. All of these children have diabetes and other possible comorbid conditions such as autism, and or learning difficulties. Children and young people with diabetes may also be diagnosed with other auto-immune conditions such as coeliac disease, thyroid abnormalities and/ or Cystic Fibrosis related Diabetes.

The role will involve independent and team working, clinical competency too, for example, carry out school visits and home visits to support children/young people and their families to manage diabetes effectively. The role would include delivering elements of planned teaching programs and liaising with the multi-disciplinary team including contributing, where appropriate, to interactive health care plans and safeguarding discussions. Family support workers will be expected to participate and support any audit work being carried out by the team

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 3 in Childcare, Social Work, Social Care, Youth Work, Counselling or Education

Functional skills Level 2 English Language and Maths Qualification or GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English Language

Experience

Essential

Good understanding of family-centered 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


 

For help with your application, contact: 

Paitra Sparkes 

Paitra.Sparkes@uhb.nhs.uk 

07770445937 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 3 

Salary

£21730.00  to £23177.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-48934PM 

Job locations

Trustwide 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

Attachments

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