Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Youth Support Worker
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Youth Support Worker
As a Youth Support Worker, you'll make a real difference to the lives of our young people by helping them feel heard, understood, and confident throughout their healthcare journey. Through kindness, creativity, and meaningful relationships, you'll empower young people to engage with their care, build resilience, and achieve the best possible outcomes. Your support will help create positive experiences that can have a lasting impact on their wellbeing and future.
This role exists to ensure the young people at GOSH feel supported, included, and empowered throughout their healthcare journey. The postholder will build trusted relationships, and provide emotional and practical support, and create joyful opportunities for young people for the betterment of their hospital experience.
Working closely with young people, their families, and our Youth Workers, the Youth Support Worker will help make hospital experiences more positive, engaging, and age-appropriate. The role contributes to creating a welcoming environment where every young person feels respected, valued, and able to thrive.
The postholder will be accountable for supporting young people's wellbeing, promoting engagement with services and activities, and helping to reduce barriers that may prevent them from accessing care or achieving positive outcomes. They will identify concerns, contribute to safeguarding, and ensure that the voices of children and young people are heard and acted upon.
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Through compassion, inclusivity, and a commitment to excellence, the Youth Support Worker will help improve experiences, build confidence and resilience, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families.
We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.
We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti-racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.
We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.
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We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women’s Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.
Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Stephanie Liddle
Job title: Deputy Head of Play
Email address: stephanie.liddle@gosh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02074059200
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