Nursing Jobs in Berkshire
Job Title: Wellbeing Coordinator
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £35,392 per annum
Location: Home working, with travel across the UK
Reports to: Clinical and Recruitment Director
About the Organisation:
The organisation is a fun, forward-thinking, and creative UK charity that has been transforming the lives of seriously ill children and their families for more than twenty years. The free-of-charge programs are designed to address the loneliness, isolation, and sense of being different that affect the quality of life for children living with serious illnesses.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The Wellbeing Coordinator will play a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being of children and young people attending our camps. They will assess the social, emotional, and developmental needs of children and young people attending camp to determine the support needed during the camp experience. They will work alongside volunteers and colleagues to implement support strategies at camp that meet these needs.
They must assess, respond to, and escalate safeguarding concerns. The successful candidate will be a registered Children's Nurse with experience in CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) or a special interest in children's mental health. They will work closely with camp staff, healthcare professionals, and volunteers to create a nurturing environment that supports the diverse needs and will contribute, when appropriate to nursing / clinical knowledge to ensure a safe and effective service.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Over The Wall seeks an individual passionate about the well-being needs of children and young people who use our service. You will also be a qualified nurse and occasionally use your clinical knowledge and skills to support the OTW Nursing Team when necessary.
Knowledge and expertise:
- Apply the basic principles of child and adolescent development and theoretical knowledge to work with children, young people, and their families.
- Sensitively relate to children and families of diverse backgrounds.
- Establish effective relationships and interactions, using age and developmentally appropriate approaches, to identify children and young people’s interests, strengths and vulnerabilities.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to identify health and wellbeing issues for specific groups of children/young people and for individuals.
- Work with families, professionals and children and young people to identify and plan for their psychosocial and safeguarding needs at camp.
- Work with the multidisciplinary team to develop and implement integrated individualised care plans, encompassing interventions and/or strategies to support children/young people’s and families camp experience.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to establish a camp environment in which children/young people feel safe, welcomed, respected and encouraged.
- Attend camp as a member of the Support Team, with a specific focus on behaviour, social and emotional needs (including mental health), and safeguarding.
- Supervise, mentor and support volunteers and staff in managing campers’ psychosocial wellbeing and behaviour at camp.
- Work collaboratively with the Nursing Team and the Clinical Team to ensure integrated holistic care.
- Ensure systems to monitor camper psychosocial wellbeing at camp are followed.
- Liaise with parents/carers and professionals as appropriate to support campers’ experience at camp.
- Deliver training and supervision around psychosocial issues, behaviour and safeguarding.
- Attend the relevant multidisciplinary meetings to contribute to coordinated assessment and support, raise any concerns and seek advice.
- Monitor and review the impact of interventions.
- Maintains and updates own clinical expertise.
- Takes every reasonable opportunity for maintaining, developing and acquiring competencies and skills for self-development.
- Provides support and guidance to Camper Recruitment Team and other staff around wellbeing and determining camper suitability.
- Leads the discussions with families and campers' wellbeing/psychosocial teams to clarify any issues/concerns and assess the suitability of the campers for camp.
- Ensures the provision of care is in accordance with OTW polices & procedures.
- Ensures high standards of care planning and documentation.
- Works autonomously to provide specialist knowledge to inform sound decision making.
- Contributes to the allocation of campers, taking into consideration individual camper needs and dependencies.
Camper Engagement:
- Develop informative, engaging, and relevant pre-camp communications for campers and their families.
- Collaborate with colleagues to provide creative age and developmentally appropriate methods for engaging children, young people and their families in the development and evaluation of services.
- Advocate for the needs of children and young people.
Record Keeping and Administration:
- Maintain accurate, factual, and contemporaneous records of camper/family contacts and interactions.
- Ensure personal information or observations about individual children/young people are appropriately shared with colleagues to support integrated multidisciplinary care.
- Record and report all concerns relating to needs assessment or safeguarding children to the appropriate member of staff.
- Keep objective and contemporaneous records of contacts, interventions and outcomes for campers and be able to utilise this information to inform future assessments and practice.
- Represents the organisation within internal and external networks.
- Promotes the corporate image of OTW to all individuals, groups, and organisations.
- Demonstrates professional attitude in dealing with campers/families, visitors/relatives, and colleagues, maintaining good relationships.
Networking:
- Develop strong and collaborative professional links within health and social care.
- Develop strong relationships within SeriousFun Children’s Network.
- Work alongside the Clinical and Recruitment Director, Nursing Coordinator and the Camp Director, as well as the wider staff team and clinical volunteers to ensure that care, treatment and service needs are met.
Personal and Professional Development:
- At all times maintain appropriate personal and professional boundaries.
- Maintain appropriate professional contact with campers and families, whether face-to-face or via online systems, telephone, or text.
- Ensure the responsibilities for camper confidentiality are maintained in all contacts with young people, families and any other individuals or organisations.
- Maintain own personal and professional development, acting on opportunities for learning.
- Be responsible and proactive in maintaining personal physical safety and emotional wellbeing, utilising supervision and support systems on offer.
- Ensures compliance with law, policy and stakeholder standards (eg SFCN).
- Meets deadlines set by the Clinical and Recruitment Director and Senior Management Team.
Information management:
- Provides reports as necessary.
- Collates as required quantitative and qualitative information.
- Analyses, interprets and presents data to highlight issues and risks, and support decision making.
- Maintains data quality standards when using IT systems.
Resource management:
- Ensures the efficient and effective use of stock, provisions and equipment within delegated budgets.
- Ensures adequate supply of clinical equipment at camp, supporting the warehouse and logistics operative.
Physical, mental & emotional effort:
- Travels within the UK and spends significant time away from home at camp and head office.
- Manages unpredictable work pattern and load.
- Demonstrates a flexible approach in working practices in order to meet the changes in service needs and emerging demands.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
- Registered Children’s Nurse with current NMC (or equivalent) registration.
- Degree.
- Evidence of recent CPD.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with children and/or young people.
- Minimum of 3 years post-nursing qualification.
- Experience in responding to and de-escalating challenging behaviour.
- Experience in undertaking risk assessment.
- Understanding of the developmental, social, emotional and practical impact of serious illness on children/young people and their families.
- Experience in assessing and/ or supporting mental health.
- Understanding of current child protection/safeguarding law and effect disclosure management.
- Able to travel to range of locations.
- Full driving licence.
- Able to attend residential camps.
- Self-motivated.
- Clear about personal accountability.
- Emotionally resilient, clear personal and professional boundaries and awareness of risks in this role.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Statement
We actively encourage applications from the broad spectrum of diversity reflected in the charity’s beneficiaries, both in terms of visible and non-visible characteristics. They aim to ensure that any difference is valued regardless of where you are in the community.
Safeguarding Statement
The charity is committed to Safer Recruitment and REQUIRE at least two professional and independent reference checks, with one of the reference checks being the last or current employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness. Based in Farnham, Camberley and Guildford, we serve a population of 550,000 across West Surrey and North-East Hampshire.
Are you a qualified Registered Nurse wanting to specialise in, and able to demonstrate a commitment to palliative and end of life care?
Are you looking for a great opportunity to work in a values led organisation that puts person centred care at the heart of everything it does? Then look no further!
Senior Registered Nurse Development role – Community and In-Patient Unit rotation
20 Month Fixed Term Contract
37.5 hours per week (shift pattern over 7 days including night shifts on the IPU and weekends on an internal rotation basis)
Salary: £34,437 - £36,500 per annum, depending on experience (WTE based on 37.5 hours per week)
Phyllis Tuckwell is looking to appoint a Registered Nurse with experience in palliative and end of life care who wishes to further develop these skills. The role is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to be supported by the skilled and expert nursing and clinical teams within Phyllis Tuckwell. This fixed term post will consist of an initial 1-month induction on the IPU, followed by a further 2 placements of 9 months each on our In-Patient Unit and with our Hospice Care at Home team. The final month will be an opportunity to consolidate your learning.
The role involves holistic assessment and identification of patient needs, decision making and care planning alongside other MDT colleagues and community partners. It involves strong assessment skills, implementation of a management plan and evaluation to ensure that responsive high-quality, nursing care and support is available for patients, their families, and carers.
The role requires a range of skills and knowledge in palliative care nursing including symptom management, psychological skills, medication administration and management, organisational, leadership and people management skills. Patient, family and carer education, including for patients and professionals within care homes, is also an element of the role.
The successful candidate will have, or be willing to work towards, a qualification in palliative care, will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. Their role will have clinical leadership and practice development responsibilities, and the successful applicant will work towards taking an active role in workload management and high-quality care, including patient safety and service improvement.
Phyllis Tuckwell offers a strong education, mentoring and training programme which will support the successful candidate’s leadership skills and their professional development in palliative care.
Phyllis Tuckwell employs Senior Registered Nurses and may have roles available on completion of this 20 month fixed term contract.
We offer:
- 6 weeks paid holiday plus public holidays
- Continuation of NHS Pension for current members or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Self Invested Personal Pension (matched contributions up to 7.5%)
- Clinical Supervision
- Excellent education and training
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health Cash Plan Scheme
- Staff Benefit Voucher Scheme
- Blue Light Discount Card
- A motivated and compassionate team whose passion is to make a difference.
- Preceptorship programmes for newly registered nurses or registered nurses transitioning into palliative care
For further information regarding the role or to arrange an informal visit please contact Helen Sloan (Community Services Manager) or Jackie Johnson (Inpatient Services Manager).
If you are unable to apply on-line or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Sunday 7th April 2024
Interview Date: Friday 26th April 2024
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Phyllis Tuckwell is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
NO MEDIA OR AGENCIES
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Family Support Worker - London and South East
£21,000 + Company Car (additional benefit of approx. £5K), 5% employers pension contribution and 25 days annual leave.
South Buckinghamshire area and London Boroughs of Brent, Hillingdon, and Harrow
About the role:
We are looking to appoint a Support Worker, with special interest in neo-natal care to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our London and South East Care Team.
Reporting to the Family Support Manager out of our London and South East Care team base and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families in hospital, at home and other relevant community locations, where a child has a life threatening or terminal illness.
Having worked in a stressful and emotional environment you have a genuine interest in building supportive relationships and helping people and you will promote the family’s wellbeing according to agreed outcomes. Having provided bereavement support to families, you understand the processes of grief, loss and change - and how best to help others deal with its impact.
What we’re looking for:
An experienced child health or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a special care baby unit/community environment and those with a recognised qualification in health or social care.
A proactive, warm, inclusive approach to achieving goals with and through people
Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, and are comfortable initiating processes and taking responsibility for risk
Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive being given the autonomy to deliver results, where every day is different; and be a confident user of IT (including MSOffice)
An enthusiastic, persuasive and influential communicator, you will work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service, support fundraising colleagues by writing case studies and family updates and support families to assist in fundraising/marketing activities.
A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.
What we offer:
We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, this includes:
· Flexible working hours to balance home and working life
· Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand
· Company car for front line care posts
· Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts
· Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes, as well as a recommend a friend recruitment bonus
· Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year
· Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%
· The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping
· Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth
How to apply:
To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online
There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.