Senior Specialist Bereavement Practitioner - Maidstone, United Kingdom - CHUMS

CHUMS

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Maidstone, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

JOB PURPOSE:

The Specialist Bereavement Practitioner will support children, young people, young adults (CYP/YAs) up to 25 years and their families who have been bereaved.

They will offer a range of evidence-based interventions to support the specialist needs of children and young people who are experiencing complex grief or traumatic bereavement.

You will have experience formulating and tailoring interventions for bereaved clients with higher intensity or more complex needs. The post holder will be a source of advice and support for professionals across Kent and Medway.

You will be experienced in working collaboratively with other professionals to ensure holistic and joined up support for CYP.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Direct 1:1 and group bereavement focused intervention with children, young people, young adults, parents and carers by:

o Conducting structured assessments and producing collaborative care plans o Providing bereavement focused intervention for individual children, young people and young adults o Co-facilitating and supporting the development of bereavement workshops and groupwork To provide expertise and specialist bereavement advice, guidance, consultation and signposting for young people who may be presenting with a variety of social and emotional difficulties based on potentially complex circumstances and issues Indirect working with professionals to provide holistic and robust support for the CYP To undertake risk assessment and management (clinical and safeguarding) for individual clients Use standardised routine outcome measures to assess and evaluate clients To work with the team to ensure that service key performance indicators are being met e.g.

timely processing of referrals and contacts with families, completed paired outcomes measures Utilise supervision effectively to appropriately manage any clinical concerns for clients To complete all associated documentation and paperwork relevant to the role, within the service and best practice guidelines.

To comply with all CHUMS policies and procedures including safeguarding protocols and risk assessments Attend drop ins and be available to offer advice and support Ensure Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is embedded across the service To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, which is accessible and developmentally appropriate Key relationships:
Clinical Director Accountable to Bereavement Manager Line managed by Volunteers Works with and supports Placements Works with and supports CONNECT SUPG Liaise with CAMHS Liaise with Childhood Bereavement Network (CBN)

Liaise with Schools/ colleges Liaise with Key stakeholders Liaise with CYP and families Ensures best practice for clinical delivery Analytical and Judgemental:
Required to understand complex facts of situations with children/young people and their families.

Undertake initial assessment of childrens and families needs which may include multiple and complex issues. To provide appropriate information to families and professionals about the needs of bereaved children and young people.

To be aware of referral pathways for other appropriate services Planning and Organisation:
Manage own caseload. Assist in the co-ordination and facilitation of workshops for children, young people, and their families.

Completion of Routine Outcome Measures Physical: Combination of sitting, standing, walking, frequently in a restricted position. Regular travel across the county. Frequent lifting of resources. Keyboard skills.

Assessment tools

Patient and Client Care:
Develop and deliver therapeutic care interventions to children, young people, and their families. Provide specialist advice to families and other professionals.

Policy and Service:
Follows policies in own role.

Implements policies and proposes changes to practice and procedures for own area of working and works in conjunction with the CHUMS team to develop practice for the wider service

Financial and Physical Resources:
Personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources. Careful use of all facilities used by CHUMS.

Information Resources:
Records personally generated information and updates case notes on PCMIS database within 24 hours.

Writes reports in relation to the needs of individual children and young people to other agencies where appropriate

Research and Development:
Contributes to regular audit/ evaluation and analysis of clinical activity in relation to own work and CHUMS

Freedom to Act:
Works independently with families and volunteers within policies and codes of conduct.

Has autonomy to manage own caseload additional information:

Mental Effort:
Frequent intense concentration In-depth proactive mental attention for assessment and during interventions offered to children and young people Intense concentration for facilitating groups for children, young people, and parent/carers

Emotional Effort:
Frequent highly distressing or emotional circumstances in supporting children/young people an