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Specialist Health and Work Practitioner

  • Full time
  • £29,200 – £31,272
  • Hybrid: Glasgow
  • Closing 27th October 2024


  • Advertised from 11th October 2024
  • Salary dependent on experience. Permanent; 35 hours Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
  • Annual Leave: 40 days per annum (inclusive of Public Holidays) Pension: 7% employer, 3% employee contribution

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 advancement of cancer care.

Our 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 biopsychosocial model.

- Support planning and provision of ongoing support/coaching utilising validated assessment tools as part of support.

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

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

- Manage emotional/distressing conversations sensitively and compassionately.

- Devise and deliver SHAWS Workshop programme, in conjunction with SHAWS colleagues and colleagues across wider Care Services.

- Devise and develop employer sessions based on our ‘We’re with you at work’ toolkit.

- Contribute to on-going service evaluation and development via reflective practice, case review, evaluation framework and relevant audit.

- Maintain professional requirements and responsibilities in regard to supervision and professional development.

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 e.g. 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.

- Experience and strong understanding of validated assessment tools and their use in planning and delivering support.

- Understand the principles of psycho-educational approaches.

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.

- Self-motivated with an ability to inspire and motivate others.

Application notes

Closing Date: Sunday 27 October 2024

Interview Date: W/c 4 November 2024

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.

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