Cancer Support Specialist - Family Support

Cancer Support Specialist Family Support

Reports to:

Family Support Service Coordinator

Hours:

25 hours per week

Location:

Belfast, Down and Ards area (on occasion across Northern Ireland) Campaign Service/Cause:

Therapeutic Services Remuneration:£32,643 - £34,666 pro-rata (FTE 35 hours) Overall Purpose of Post The postholder will assist the Family Support Service Coordinator in providing a professional family support service for families throughout Northern Ireland who have been affected by a diagnosis of cancer. The family support team offer guidance, emotional support and group work when an adult in the family has received a cancer diagnosis.

An individual member of the family might benefit from one-to-one support or the entire family can have a space to be together and share their feelings. The postholder will deliver the service at the family home, outreach locations and Cancer Focus NI office base. The service also engages with Cancer Focus NIs wider therapeutic teams to respond to the individual needs of local families.

Key Responsibilities To assist with the development and delivery of Cancer Focus NIs family support service within Northern Ireland To assess the needs of families referred to the service and develop and implement appropriate care plans and therapeutic interventions in consultation with the family To refer families to other services as appropriate To facilitate groups as required, such as, Family Night, Bereavement Groups, Parent Groups, Teen Groups etc To assist the Family Support Service Coordinator in the development of appropriate resources for families and health care professionals To liaise with other members of statutory health care or social care teams involved with the family To assist in evaluating the effectiveness of the family support service through regular review and audit To participate in and contribute to educational programmes for other health professionals, organisations and agencies as appropriate To exercise autonomous professional responsibility based on the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics of the post holders professional body To attend regular external professional supervision To participate in ongoing training and continuous professional development To participate in meetings with funders or potential funders or assist at fundraising events if appropriate To maintain high standards of administration including the use of a database systems for recording, including client and family record keeping and statistics To assist the Family Support Service Coordinator in ensuring high levels of service user engagement in the planning, development and delivery of the Family Service To assist the Family Support Service Coordinator in the development and implementation of the Young Peoples parliament and engagement programmes To comply with Cancer Focus NI policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Confidentiality of Information, Child Protection, Vulnerable Adults and Record Keeping.

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Job Description is not exhaustive. It merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the charity at any time after discussion with the post holder. This post may require some evening work, so an element of flexible working is required. Person Specification The below specification shows the essential skills, abilities, knowledge and/or qualifications required to be able to carry out the duties of this post.

Therefore, please address in a covering letter, each criterion listed in the specification, drawing upon all of your experience, whether at work of on a voluntary basis.

Essential Criteria Qualifications A recognised qualification in nursing; social work; family therapy; counselling; art therapy; play therapy or a creative therapy registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. Experience At least 2 years post qualification experience working as a registered practitioner Evidence of two years experience working with families and children

Experience of working in the Voluntary or Health and Social Care sector or equivalent

Experience of working with and facilitating…