Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- 11 months (Fixed term until march 2025)
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AGB-EMF15837
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £24,008 - £25,553 per annum pro rata for part time INC HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Teenage and Young Adults (TYA) Youth Worker
Band 3
Job overview
A unique opportunity has arisen to join the RSCH Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Service and work as a Youth worker. The post holder will work alongside the Teenage and Young Adult cancer team and liaise with the multi-disciplinary team'.
Main duties of the job
To support the youth worker with a wide range of appropriate recreational activities to enable young people aged 16-30 years to develop cognitive, social and emotional skills throughout their cancer trajectory
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To participate in the TYA Cancer Multidisciplinary Team using specific skills to contribute to the care and understanding of the young people, their families, and carer.
- To ensure the day care and outpatient environment is young people friendly and stimulating
- To encourage and help to develop a peer group network of support.
- To support the youth worker with signposting TYAs to accessible grants and benefits when they’re struggling with cost of living
- To support youth worker with guiding and mediating for the TYA and their family with general
- To support patients to advocate for themselves and their best interests within the team and wider hospital. To advocate for them where this is not possible.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ3 or NVQ3 plus additional training to diploma level equivalent, or equivalent through short courses
- GCSE English Language and Mathematics (Grades A-C) or equivalent
- Evidence of continued role development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Relevant health or social care experience at Band 2 or equivalent
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Evidence of good communications skills
- Understanding of person-cantered care
- Understanding of the health and social care environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the care of TYA
- Experience in coordinating a patient workload
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK
- Awareness of improving outcomes: a strategy for Cancer and other National Cancer policies
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
- Karen Train
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
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