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Specialist Health and Work Practitioner

  • Full time
  • £27,000 – £30,000
  • Glasgow
  • Closing 16th October 2022


  • Advertised from 4th October 2022
  • 35 hours per week.
  • Pension: 7% employer and 3% employee contribution. Annual Leave: 40 days per annum (inclusive of Public Holidays)

Role

At Beatson Cancer Charity we support and enhance the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families. We work in partnership with the NHS, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (BWoSCC) and all related facilities. We also offer the wider community a unique opportunity to contribute to the fight against cancer in the broadest possible sense.

Beatson Cancer Charity’s Specialist Health and Work Service (SHAWS) supports people who are affected by cancer, and their families, to plan for and manage the impact cancer can have on their employment. Our team of Specialist Practitioners provide advice and support across a range of issues such as return to work planning, reasonable adjustments and making decisions about the future as well as self-management techniques designed to enhance an individual’s coping strategies.

Role Purpose

The SHAWS practitioner will work as part of a small team managing their own client caseload and delivering group self-management workshops. Based on the Biopsychosocial model, this requires triaging, assessing, and providing ongoing support to patients, carers and employers. In addition, they will contribute to the development and promotion of the service as a specialist resource across professional and community settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for triage and assessment of new referrals based on a bio-psychosocial model.

• Care planning and provision of ongoing support/coaching utilising validated assessment tools as core part of support, such as, Core 10 and Edinburgh Warwick.

• Monitor progress during the course of SHAWS and wider multi-disciplinary care provision.

• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and refer on as appropriate in response to client need.

• Manage emotional/distressing conversations sensitively and compassionately.

• Communicate appropriate information concerning client’s assessment and on-going support in a skilled and sensitive manner that best meets the needs of clients, employers, referrers etc.

• Devise and deliver SHAWS Workshop programme in conjunction within SHAWS colleagues and colleagues across wider Care Services.

Essential Candidate Criteria

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent within a relevant field (Health, Psychology, AHP, Nursing, Social Sciences, Education).

• Awareness of key health and work legislation eg. The Equality Act 2010.

• Experience of working with people in a healthcare, community or social work setting.

• Experience of working autonomously to assess, devise and deliver a personalised support plan.

• Understanding of psychological risk and levels of psychological support.

• Sound understanding of Stakeholder Engagement and multi-agency working.

Person Specification

• Skilled and experienced practitioner.

• Strong assessment and support planning skills.

• Sound understanding of evaluation and research.

• Enhanced communication skills.

• Ability to remain calm and professional in challenging situations/conflicts.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

• Ability to work flexibly and in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.

Application notes

Closing Date: Sunday 16 October 2022

Interview Date: Monday 24 October 2022

For a full job description or to apply please send a cover letter and CV to recruitment@beatsoncancercharity.org

Beatson Cancer Charity is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to employing a wide range of employees who are reflective of the diverse community that we support.