Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

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The post holder will have the NNEB, Health care assistant or equivalent qualification and have experience of working with children with developmental delay. The post holder will be responsible for patients allocated to them and will support the team and school staff in identifying the child and family’s need and providing support and delivering care and support families/carers,

The post holder will support the family being able to sign post children/YP, families/carers to available resources within the borough for additional support and information.

The post holder will assist the team members, paediatricians and the wider multi-disciplinary team to contribute to the management/assessment of children/young people (YP) with special/additional needs, (including weight/height management and measurement)

The post holder will assist, in the assessment of health needs, planning, and providing care for both individuals and groups of school-age children attending Special Schools. The post holder will be an advocate for the child and family both within the service and the wider team.

The post holder will establish and maintain effective communication with children, young people, parents and carers, colleagues, multidisciplinary team, and LA to achieve a positive health status for the child and family.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

To be responsible for organising own workload whilst supporting the team in the day-to-day allocation of work.

To implement agreed interventions and health promotional developments for children with additional needs supporting the child/YP & family to achieve full potential.

To have knowledge relating to trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly confidentiality.

To support the Clinical Nurse Specialist and team in providing accurate records of information required by the trust for audit purposes.

To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, and ensuring any identified risk is communicated to the Clinical Nurse Specialist and team for further action 

To participate in multi-disciplinary review meetings for complex children Looked After Children, providing reports and information as appropriate. 

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

 Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 High Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy

Desirable criteria

Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Infant Health

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with children and young people who have social communication and play difficulties

Desirable criteria

Experience of multi-agency/disciplinary working

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Possess an understanding of clinical, social and family situations

Desirable criteria

Understanding of TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children)

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to respond appropriately to children and young people in need and/or children at risk in accordance with local and national safeguarding guidance Communication skills both verbal and written when interacting with members of the team, other professionals, clients and their families

other

Essential criteria

To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area Able to work efficiently in an unpredictable working environment Enthusiastic, approachable, flexible and reliable

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.