Band 6 Young Adult Worker - Part Time

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in London seeks a dedicated Young Adult Support Worker to assist young adults with kidney disease. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide practical, emotional, and educational support. This role requires a degree-level qualification in social work and experience with long-term health conditions. Competitive salary offered with benefits and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Next level training

Qualifications

• Experience of working with individuals with long-term health conditions.

Responsibilities

• Support young adults with renal disease receiving dialysis treatment.
• Facilitate patients' hospital appointment attendance.
• Liaise with national support teams and outside agencies.

Skills

Counseling skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Team collaboration

Education

Degree-level qualification in social work

Youth work or another relevant field

Job description

To work closely with young adult patients with kidney disease and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to facilitate patients' coping, disease self-management and engagement with kidney services.

The key roles of the post-holder will be to assist in providing targeted, individualised practical, emotional and educational support to a population of young adults (aged 18-30) at the Royal Free Hospital with chronic kidney disease secondary to a number of renal and urological-related conditions. There is also a significant focus on working with young adults who have received a kidney transplant and have begun dialysis treatment. The support and education provided will enable and empower patients to increase and better manage responsibility for their kidney disease and the requirements to remain well and improve quality of life.

Main duties of the job

Work in tandem with the other part-time Young Adult Support Worker tosupport the renal medical, nursing and psychology staff by facilitatingpatients' hospital appointment attendance.Work as part of the MDT to support young adults with renal diseasereceiving dialysis treatment and support other interrelated aspects oftheir condition.Liaise with other national teams supporting young adults with other.

long-term conditions, to share good practice and facilitate joint workingwhere appropriate.Liaise with agencies outside of the hospitals providing support to youngadults e.g. social workers, education providers & welfare rights agenciesUndertake appropriate level 2 counselling and emotional support foryoung adults in distress

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for more information on working at The Royal Free London.

Person Specification

Degree-level qualification in social work

• Youth work or another relevant field

Experience

• Experience of working with individuals with long-term health conditions

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.

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS Pro rata