Family Liaison Practitioner - In-Reach
- NHS
- Full Time
- Sittingbourne
- 28479.00 - 31179.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting children and families facing the challenges of a serious or life-limiting condition Demelza is seeking a compassionate and proactive Family Liaison Practitioner In-Reach to work alongside our NHS partners and help ensure that babies, children, young people and their families receive the right support at the right time.
Main duties of the job
Based across NHS Trusts and Demelza sites, you will build strong relationships with healthcare professionals, raise awareness of Demelza's services, support referral pathways and provide practical and emotional support to families. Working closely with our Nursing, Care and Family Support teams, you will help improve access to services and ensure families receive coordinated, family-centred care.
About us
Demelza greatly values the benefits of a diverse team and embraces diversity, equality, and inclusion in all areas of its work. We are committed to building a diverse and authentic workplace, ensuring that our team reflects the diversity of the children and families we support. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds. To see how we process your data, please see the Employee Recruitment Privacy Notice attached to this advert. An enhanced DBS Disclosure check may be taken dependant on role. Demelza is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No 1039651. Demelza is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Job responsibilities
To work with Service Development and the Community Nursing Teams to research and identify gaps in referral sources, raising Demelzas profile, meeting strategic objectives by increasing referral numbers. To engage with potential referrers to raise awareness of range of support available to families, to be familiar with Demelzas Guide to Services, offer information and regular presentations to keep relevant staff up to date. To work with families to raise awareness of Demelza and support available, directed by and be knowledgeable of the neonatal pathway in place within Kings NICU and Oliver Fisher Unit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant qualification related to family support/social care
- Experience of working with babies, children and young people in a multidisciplinary
- setting
- Experience of delivering individual and family work
- Experience of working with families who find it hard to engage with services
- Awareness of the emotional, social and physical impact that a life limiting illness
- may have on a child, young person and family
- Experience of managing a comprehensive caseload of families
- Experience of teaching to peer and colleagues
- Demonstrable proficiency with IT skills and record keeping
- Understanding of issues facing children and families living with a life limiting
- condition or complex needs
- Be able to represent Demelza at all times, in all forums.
- Demonstrate close alignment to all Demelza values
- This role requires regular travel across our operating region. Full driving licence
- and access to own vehicle for business use or access to reliable transport
- arrangements.
Desirable
- Qualification relevant to social work or social care (NVQ/DipSW)
- Experience of working with young people in a health setting
- Be flexible and adaptable in working styles and approaches to problem solving
- Awareness of bereavement models
- Ability to positively challenge views that could be perceived as oppressive,
- discriminatory or abusive
- Experience of independent/lone working
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Address
Rook Lane
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME9 8DZ
United Kingdom
