Families caring for children with life-shortening and highly complex health conditions tell us their lives can feel really challenging and chaotic. Accessing and navigating palliative care or help with symptom management, dealing with multiple agencies and health professionals alongside practical issues around finances, getting the right equipment or adapting the home can be exhausting, stressful and scary.
Forget Me Not children’s hospice has been here for over 10 years, providing CQC-rated outstanding support for children and families across West Yorkshire. But we want to do more to enable families to live well. We are developing new ways to assess and meet families’ needs to ensure every member of each family gets the support they need at the right time. And that’s where you come in.
As part of our family support team, you’ll help us to develop and embed this new way of working. You’ll support a caseload of families, providing information, advice, advocacy and handholding. And you’ll link families to and help them navigate tailored support, both inhouse and by collaborating with local partners. You’ll also work to build partnerships with external services, including by tapping into community groups across our region to ensure support is culturally appropriate and accessible to all.
You’ll be experienced in working with families with complex needs and in complex circumstances, providing support that is person-centred and strengths-based. You might currently be working in education, health or social care but you’ll have an understanding of palliative care and have experience of multi-agency collaboration.
We welcome applications from all candidates, particularly those who have experience of engaging with families from diverse cultural, ethnic and faith backgrounds. We value a strong understanding of how cultural, religious and spiritual beliefs may influence care, communication and support needs. The ability to speak additional community languages relevant to our local population is highly desirable and would support our commitment to inclusive, accessible family care.
Most of all, you’ll be excited to be part of a new approach to supporting families that will make a positive difference to their lives. If that sounds like you, then please apply now!
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