Job Introduction
Are you a working with Children and Young People and have a special interest in working with those with identified as requiring additional needs? Do you want to further develop or further your experience in this field?
HCRG Care Group are working as an integrated partnership with Barnardos known as The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS), delivering innovative and refreshing health and social care from pre-birth to 19 years ( 25 years for SEND) services to Essex families. We have developed our own unique approach where our Children & Young People and Families are at the centre of everything we do, focusing on ensuring that everyone in Essex has the best possible start in life through meeting the identified needs of children, young people and their families. We are located within the community delivering outcome-based support to families within their homes, nurseries, schools or at one of our Family Hubs and/or Delivery Sites. We are striving to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children and families in the community, for the community, with the community.
www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk
As an Additional needs Early Intervention Coordinator (ANEIC) within ECFWS you’ll join a team who are focused on clinical excellence and who have received a “Good” CQC rating.
We are currently looking for a non- registered practitioner to join our South Quadrant to work with children 0-5 years old, that are not reaching a good level of development, who require early intervention in a coordinated approach to managing and support these children within the wider system, to maximise their potential . You will be offering early intervention to identified children and be key in the coordination of a seamless multiagency approach care package.
Main Responsibility
As the Additional Needs Early Intervention Coordinator, your main responsibilities will be the single point of access for families on the additional need’s caseload, providing parents/carers with information about what support is available, and signpost where required. This may include addressing enquiries including complaints and compliments.
Working with families to support them to understand their child’s needs and how to access early support, ensuring and/or providing Tier 1 early intervention whilst referring and following up specialist services if required. You will navigate families along their pathway journey, both within ECFWS and with external partners, providing the key link for children, to ensure that consistency of support and information is embedded across the wider system.
You will be responsible for responding to the identification of those whose welfare may be at risk, and to ensure safeguarding concerns are raised in a timely manner and in partnership with the caseload holder. As discussed in liaison with the caseload holders, identify and support if required, the coordination of a Team around the Family (TAF) meeting to assist in the development of an early help plan and information gathering from other partners.
Furthermore, you will be an active member of the ECFWS SEND Steering Group, to enable dissemination of information and sharing of learning. This may include the extraction and reporting of qualitative and quantitative data to develop an evaluation framework to measure impact and service user experience .
The Ideal Candidate
You will hold a minimum Level NVQ certificate relating to Health and Social care and be able to demonstrate an awareness of the factors impacting on children with additional needs. We require the candidate to have experience of supporting or working with children and families with additional needs, with excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills. We would need the candidate to demonstrate experience of partnership working within a wider system, commitment to promote and safeguard the welfare of the child, and a good understanding of child development.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
Full driving Licence is essential
Package Description
You will feel a valued member within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £22,549 salary and access to our group pension
- Laptop and mobile phone enabling flexible working to support working from home when appropriate.
- Access to MyWellness – our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Access to HCRG rewards scheme -our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premier offers and discount on practical spending at national supermarkets and retailers.
- We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream -which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
- A committed Learning and Development team who work closely with Universities and Health Education England to further your potential and support your progression
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with 100% of our rated services considered overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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You will be working within Pre-Birth to 19 Healthy Family Teams, consisting of Health Visitors, School Nurses, Healthy Family Support Practitioners, Healthy Family Support Assistants, Community Engagement team and Healthy Schools Engagement Workers.
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Our service is unique in that we are an Outcomes focused service, not just measuring the number of children and young people that we support but demonstrating and showing the impact of intervention through evidence-based practice.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 by our Chief Executive Dr Vivienne McVey and like-minded colleagues, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.
From around 500 locations across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.
As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.
HCRG Care Group is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
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From 11 November 21, as a result of new legislation, anyone over the age of 18 who enters a Care Home as part of their job must have had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or hold a valid medical exemption. As part of our pre-employment process we will therefore ask you to provide:
* Proof of your vaccination status via the NHS Covid Pass (either electronically or via the PDF)
* A signed copy of the temporary medical exemption form. Further details about the legislation can be found on the government website.
