Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children's Speech & Language Therapy Serviceas a Carer Peer Support Worker.

The Carer Peer Support Worker is an exciting opportunity to join the Children's Speech and Language team in a newly developed role to support families and children and young people who are waiting for a S< assessment.

The applicant should have their own experience of caring for a child or young person who has Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).

The role consists of working with families to support 2-4 year olds with SLCN to provide information, strategies and parent led programs in collaboration with the clinical staff, other practitioners and support workers.

Main duties of the job

• Support families and carers directly including one-one and in small family groups
• Initiate, establish and maintain relationships with families and carers in their homes and other community settings.
• Provide families with information, strategies, and parent-led programs
• Encourage active waiting and improve children's speech and language skills
• Share and discuss common experiences with families and carers in an appropriate manner
• Work under the direction and leadership of registered professionals.
• Support people with their emotional, personal and physical needs

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community.

Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible.

This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading.

The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Lived experience of caring for children and young people with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
• Experience working as part of a team
• Experience of working independently and managing own workload
• Knowledge of Peer Support and role of supporting families and children and young people
• Knowledge of voluntary sector services that can support carers and families in Northamptonshire
• An understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role

Desirable

• Completed or doing Peer Support Worker training
• Experience of working with children and young people in a paid or voluntary capacity
• Experience of running groups, activities or training
• Experience of being supervised

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent verbal communication skills that can be used within a wide range of settings and a wide range of people.
• Good written communication skills to maintain records.
• Excellent listening skills
• Ability to prioritise workload with support
• Ability to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report daily on clients
• Ability to travel across sites in good time
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
• Able to use own story to benefit others where appropriate
• Confidence to liaise with other teams and services including external agencies to promote activities within communities.
• Skills to assist in planning and delivering activities to families / carers / C&YP.

Last updated : 2024-05-07