Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a position to join our tier 3 plus service providing assessment and treatment for children with intellectual disabilities who pose additional challenges because of their complex behaviour.
We are looking for someone with previous direct experience of working with children or adults with intellectual disabilities in a Health, Education or Social Care context.
The Intervention Worker will join a very well established and well regarded multi-disciplinary team providing a range of intensive interventions to children and parents, usually in the family home. With access to regular supervision, your duties would include: contributing to the comprehensive assessment of children and young people; carrying out planned interventions and liaison with professional networks.
We value multi agency working and have strong links with the local network of children's NHS and Social Care services. We offer excellent support, training and development opportunities. You will be expected to travel to visit families within Derby City and Southern Derbyshire.
Closing date of applications: 15 June 2023
Interview date: 29 June 2023
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
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