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Pastoral Support Worker

Employer
NHS England Apprenticeships
Location
Cramlington
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
20 May 2022

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Job Details

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Pastoral Support worker, to facilitate the development of the Maternity Support Worker Apprenticeship within the Maternity team , on a fixed term basis. This role will provide pastoral support to staff on education programmes, primarily the Maternity Support Worker apprenticeship and required functional skills.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual who possesses a high level of interpersonal skills and who has the expertise and confidence to help shape and deliver pastoral support.

Main duties of the job

The post will involve the pastoral support of staff who are undertaking the Maternity Support Worker apprenticeship and required functional skills. . The successful candidate will be required to work as part of a team but also autonomously managing their own diary.

The post will be based at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH). However, there is a requirement to travel to other Trust sites as and when required. Experience of working within a hospital environment would be advantageous.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To facilitate the implementation of pastoral support for staff employed by the Trust, and facilitate the development of employment support skills in managers and teams.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries


Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 4 qualification in an appropriate subject or equivalent portfolio of experience.


Desirable

  • Relevant Vocational Qualification for assessment and verification purposes (D32/33; A1; D34 or V1)
  • Relevant Teaching Qualification e.g. PTTLS/DTTLS/PGCE/ENB 7318 or equivalent


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Northumbria

Northumbria way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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