Job summary
- Main area
- Support Worker
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 months (other)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 284-23-5865265-DWPR-A
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Womens Hospital Nhs Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- Per annum
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Family Support Worker
Band 4
Job overview
This is a unique opportunity to work alongside the community midwifery team at Birmingham Women's Hospital, covering South Birmingham. We are looking for knowledgeable and passionate professionals, to support women and families throughout their pregnancy and postnatal journey, who meet the criteria for additional and complex needs. This post is a fixed term 12 month post, with service evaluation after 12 months, with aim to review for possible extension. Please read the job description and person specification before applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
Opportunities to gain further development/qualifications and career progression.
A flexible working approach for you to establish with the women in your care.
Multi-disciplinary team working. Working very closely with the safeguarding team to identify women at most need.
Special interest groups we have team members supporting specifically with equality and diversity, safeguarding, auditing, breastfeeding, antenatal education, infection control and more.
Whats next?
Click the link to apply and submit your application.
If you like to speak with us prior to making an application or wish to have an informal visit, please contact Dayna Wright (Deputy Matron of Community Services) [email protected], 07772206598.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation degree or equivalent level 5 study Mathematics and English level 2/GCSE grade 4 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 counseling course or equivalent, or counselling experience
- Mentoring or line managers course or experience
Personal skills/attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to manage own workload and time
- Ability to work under pressure
- Team member
- Prioritise and effectively time manage clinical and other responsibilities
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
- Excellent attendance record
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and experience working with the families with complex needs
- Experience working with families in need
- Knowledge of the Social Services and benefits systems to enable assisting families through benefits applications.
Analytical
Essential criteria
- Able to make judgements and decisions of straightforward, or a range of situations, complex or highly complex of facts or situations and make some analysis
Professional
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of safe guarding procedures
- Able to use microsoft IT and email
- Competent in the use of IT and NHS systems and programmes
- Able to document in the Electronic and written patient records
Other
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Physical: Hand eye co-ordination required Must be physically mobile, good health and attendance able to drive and must be a car owner for attendance of community work Able to attend families in their own home situation, clinics and hospital situations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Hart
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 9999
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