Family Support Worker - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We provide a comprehensive range of children's health services, so that we are able to look after patients from antenatal diagnosis through childhood, into adolescence and on into adult services.

The Diabetes services at Evelina London includes a dedicated multidisciplinary team as advocated by the best practice tariff including three diabetes nurse specialists, psychologist, dieticians and a diabetes coordinator.

We offer services to children with type 1&2, monogenic/neonatal, post renal transplant diabetes, children retrieved through PICU and surgical patients from other trusts as well as other causes of diabetes.

We are looking for a dynamic family support worker to assist our patients and families to manage their condition and improve their compliance and long term health.

The post holder will work both in the hospital and in the community.

The post holder will be accountable to the Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialists and work particularly closely with the diabetes nurse specialists, dieticians, youth worker and the Diabetes team psychologist.

Whilst some knowledge of Paediatric Diabetes is desirable for this post, training in paediatric diabetes will be provided in post.

Closing date: 22nd March 2023 at midnight

Interview date: 28th March 2023

Develop a caseload to support the needs, abilities and capacities of children, young people and their caregivers/families
Collaborate with the referral source and the patient/caregiver/family to develop and implement a patientcentered service plan to meet their social, emotional and developmental needs.
Facilitate access and referral to appropriate services for additional support that may be required
Signpost to appropriate parenting education courses and materials for parenting, managing conflict, and motivation in partnership with other professionals in the Diabetes team
Establish and maintain coordinated working relationships with community social services departments, other professionals and service providers involved with children and families. Assist patients and caregivers/families to access and utilise services.
Participates in staff MDT meetings, virtual clinics

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.

We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighboring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organization and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Develop a caseload to support the needs, abilities and capacities of children, young people and their caregivers/families.

Collaborate with the referral source and the patient/caregiver/family to develop and implement a patient-centered service plan to meet their social, emotional and developmental needs.

Document service provided and provide written reports in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Organize and undertake home visits to patient/families and carers following referrals from the diabetes team.
Document patients, caregiver/family's capacity and support them with managing diabetes.
Communicate any findings/concerns or patient's, caregivers'/family's questions to the team.
Facilitate access and referral to appropriate services for additional support that may be required
Signpost to appropriate parenting education courses and materials for parenting, managing conflict, and motivation in partnership with other professionals in the Diabetes team
Operate in accordance with the Trusts child protection policies and procedures. Makes appropriate referrals and supports the Trust social work department in statutory child protection procedures where required.
Maintain an awareness of community resources, including health care services, social, economic, recreational, employment and educational services and resources.

Establish and maintain coordinated working relationships with community social services departments, othe