Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity
Teenage Pregnancy Senior Community Family Support Worker
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Role Overview
The post holder will lead the support provided for teenage mothers, babies & young families and assist in the co-ordination of care for families with complex needs and safeguarding procedures.
Support may include provision of practical help, arranging accommodation, helping with travel for families, and assisting with liaison with agencies.
More complex support may be required such as caring for parents with additional and complex needs, assisting and making complex safeguarding referrals. The post holder will lead the Right Help, Right Times framework, Early Help Programme and support families in times of challenge and stress and liaise with Health and Social Service providers.
Candidate Requirements
- Build trust with young parents
- Be trauma-informed
- Non-Judgmental
- Be culturally and religiously aware
- Be aware of honor-based abuse and how to refer to agencies for support
- Be able to risk assess for exploitation (CSE) and grooming
- Be able to support young women experiencing domestic abuse
- Support with providing antenatal education and transition to parenthood
- Be flexible with service provision for parents in education
- Be able to support young families with building independent living skills and offer housing support
- Be able to signpost young families to services that can help with finances and benefits
- Be able to liaise with the specialist midwives, perinatal mental health midwives and safeguarding team
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About Us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
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Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Emily Handley
- Job title: Lead Midwife for CoC and FSW
- Email address: emily.handley3@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07970445181
Availability: Mon-Thu 9am-5pm
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