GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG CARERS
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE:
Specialist Family Worker (Mental Health)
LOCATION:
7 Twigworth Court Business Centre
GRADE:
Grade H (Pts 23-31, £20,198-£26,276) pro rata
HOURS:
30 – 37 hours per week - 12 month contract
1.
JOB PURPOSE
To deliver whole family support to families where a parent experiences mental ill
health, in order to reduce or prevent excessive and harmful care giving by young
carers. To work with GYC development lead and key personnel in the 2gether
NHS Foundation Trust to promote a whole family approach and to capture
learning in order to inform service delivery in both organisations and beyond.
2.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To reduce excessive and harmful caring roles of young carers by:
a. attending a range of 2gether NHS Foundation Trust team meetings in
order to promote the use of whole family tools and increase identification
of service users who are parents and whose children may be taking on
caring roles.
b. establishing a trusting relationship with parents, young carers and their
families referred by 2gether NHS Foundation Trust.
c. Assessing need and delivering a package of whole family support within
an agreed intervention framework including, as appropriate:
a) promoting and supporting open communication within families in
relation to the impact of mental health issues
b) supporting families to complete the young carer crisis plan
‘Safe, Sorted and Supported’.
c) supporting improvement in family connectedness
d) supporting young carers to access information
e) supporting parents to develop strategies which support
parenting and minimise the impact of their mental health on
dependent children
f) supporting family / school communication
g) evaluation
d. engaging with the CAF process to ensure a multi-agency approach in
supporting the whole family.
e. Supporting young carers and parents to engage with GYC’s ‘Strength in
Families’ project including advocacy for family members in Family Group
Conferences (training will be provided)
To contribute to the learning of the sector by:
a) Routinely reviewing, monitoring and evaluating young carer and family
outcomes using an accredited outcomes tool
b) Gathering and collating evidence to inform Social Return on Investment
c) Supporting skills development of GYC and 2gether Trust practitioners
Other Duties
a) undertake relevant and appropriate administrative work
b) produce written reports as required e.g. Carers Trust, case conferences
c) attend relevant meetings both internally and externally.
d) represent GYC in a manner consistent with the highest professional
standards reflecting GYC’s commitment to diversity and equality of
opportunity.
e) maintain continuing professional development to meet the changing
demands of the job.
f) keep abreast of, and follow at all times, national and local policy in relation
to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
g) undertake other duties which would reasonably fall within the remit of this
post.
3.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Responsible to line manager within a supervisory setting
Responsible for providing reports as required
Responsible for providing monitoring information as required by the post’s
funding source(s).
4.
PRINCIPAL CONTACTS
Young carers and their families
Gloucestershire Young Carers: staff and volunteers
2gether NHS Foundation Trust: mental health clinicians, Social Inclusion
Team manager and staff
5.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Car driver with use of car, or with full access to equivalent transport.
Flexible working hours, availability outside school hours is essential.
This job description sets out the main duties of the post when it was drawn
up. Those duties may vary from time to time without changing the general
character of the post of the level of responsibility entailed. It is expected,
therefore, that the post holder will undertake any other duties
commensurate with the grading of the post and allocated through line
management.
Signed:
Date:
This post is funded by the Department for Education, administered by Carers
Trust as part of the Making A Step Change Integrated Interventions funding
stream. It is part of a partnership project across GYC and 2gether NHS Trust