About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Youth Worker for Children, Young People and Familieswho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is a full-time role, primarily Monday to Friday, with occasional evening, weekend, and community-based work. We welcome applications from individuals with experience in youth work within the NHS, voluntary organisations, or community services.
In this role, you will support children and young people with both short-term health needs and long-term conditions, including diabetes, epilepsy, ADHD, and autism. Your work will focus on supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people across Children's Services, Adult Services, and community settings.
We are looking for someone who is motivated, approachable, and able to work independently using their own initiative. You will need to be responsive to the individual needs of young people and confident working within a health-based environment.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect,andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Communicate effectively with CYPand their families/carers.
Use a compassionate,individual,andinclusiveapproachto communication with childrenandyoungpeople who may have socialandcommunicationdifficulties,/special educational andlearning needs, learningdisabilityand autism.
To provide holistic support for the young personto meet their individual needs. Acting as an advocatetoCYP betweenmultipleagencies andservices, internal and external toENHTTincludingboth physical and mental health servicesandeducationandsocialservices.This requires good communication skills, active listening skills and to be empathetic towardstheCYP'sneeds.
Assess the needs ofCYP to correctly plan and deliver targetedprogrammesforexample forhealth-relatedconditions, fitness,smoking, drugs, gangs, violence, relationships and bullyingetc.
Work in partnership with families and other key people in theCYP'slife, as well as with professionals from otherorganisationsinvolved withCYPsuch as social care,physical and mentalhealth, police, education, youth offending teams and local authorities,in order tobuilda strong supportnetwork
Establish boundaries & challenge inappropriate behaviour.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed informationregardingthis role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training Essential
Professional qualifications - JNC registered - Youth Worker Qualification General training qualifications On-going evidence of CPD
Desirable
Health Care or psychology related courses
Previous Experience Essential
Work experience Technical experience Previous level of responsibility Care in Health, Social, Education or Voluntary setting with Children and young people. Experience of working with patients with long term conditions
Desirable
Experience of working with people with emotional difficulties and learning difficulties (paid or voluntary) Experience of youth work
Skills Essential
Specific skills required, e.g. Leadership, Organisational, Communication, Other Ability to create and maintain good relationships with children and famil Ability to recognise own limitations, use own initiative and recognize when to escalate to senior staff Good Team worker Ability to work in a non-judgmental manner Ability to reflect on practice Self-aware and committed to continue personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from clinical supervision
Other Requirements Essential
Awareness of child protection issues. Awareness of confidentiality An awareness of the Best Practice Tariff for children and Young People (up to 19th birthday) with diabetes Flexible to meet needs of service Ability to travel and work across sites if required Motivated Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need.
Desirable
Basic understanding of how health conditions can affect the family An understanding of the application of the principles of youth work to health care.
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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG14AB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)