Emergency Department Support Navigator
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Job overview
Are you a flexible, empathetic and collaborative individual with experience of providing support, advice, advocacy and communicating effectively the needs of clients to other professionals? Do you have experience of supporting vulnerable young people and adults who have experienced or are at risk of violence or significant harm?
Will you exemplify our PROUD values?Patient First, Respectful, Ownership, Unity and Deliver
If so, Sheffield Teaching Hospital is looking for an Emergency Department Support Navigator to join our team at the Northern General Hospital and provide vital support for those young people and adults who attend ED or who are admitted to the hospital right through to their safe discharge back into the community and ensuring that they have access to appropriate longer-term support.Support to clients while they are in the hospital and also in the community post discharge.
Our successful candidate will identify and assess victims of violence, or those at risk of violence, and provide a comprehensive and holistic assessment, advice, referral and support service, exploring innovative and effective ways of supporting them which will reduce their risk of re-victimisation.
Main duties of the job
Provide vital support for those young people and adults who attend ED or who are admitted to the hospital right through to their safe discharge back into the community and ensuring that they have access to appropriate longer-term support. Support to clients while they are in the hospital and also in the community post discharge.
Our successful candidate will identify and assess victims of violence, or those at risk of violence, and provide a comprehensive and holistic assessment, advice, referral and support service, exploring innovative and effective ways of supporting them which will reduce their risk of re-victimisation.
Working for our organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and most successful healthcare employers in the UK. We offer fantastic opportunities for career progression, training and development, ensuring that roles are both challenging and rewarding.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis until 31/03/2027 due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.
Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE grade C/4 or above, or equivalent or working towards in English and Maths
- Lived experience, have relevant life experience and credibility
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working with people impacted by violence, trauma or tragedy
- Experience of using appropriate assessment tools to better understand the needs of clients, or willingness to undertake required training
- Experience of working as an effective team member
- Experience of working with people and the ability to build and sustain relationships in a professional context.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with projects that seek to address issues around violence
- Experience of dealing with safeguarding incidents
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of mediation
- Experience working with young people and communities including BAME
- A knowledge of local support organisations
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