Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Job overview
The role of 0-19 Enhanced Service Fathers Worker is a permanent new role to work alongside Family Nurses and the Enhanced Health Visiting service in Cheshire East. The successful candidate will work with fathers-to-be and fathers of very young children in their homes or community settings. The fathers will be identified by the Family Nurse or the Enhanced Health Visitor as requiring additional support to become the best father they can be- promoting sensitive and responsive parenting; supporting access to holistic interventions from other agencies and employment, education or training. The Fathers worker will use a trauma informed approach to engage and work with fathers alongside the Family Nurse or Health visitor for several months to improve outcomes for them and their child
Main duties of the job
Work alongside the Family Nurse or Enhanced Health Visitor to engage young first time fathers who often have additional vulnerabilities and risk, using advanced communication skills and a trauma informed approach.
Work independently in home and/or community settings with fathers and their young children.
Support the fathers to develop evidence based parenting approaches and to understand their role in their child's development and health.
Work with other agencies including drug and alcohol prevention/support services; colleges; employers; housing; children's social care; 'leaving care' workers; Family Hubs to promote holistic support.
Use 0-19 services bespoke Journey of Change Tool to collaboratively assess need with fathers, plan work with them on their journey of early parenthood, and measure outcomes with the aim of building self-efficacy.
Access regular reflective and restorative supervision from Enhanced Service staff.
Working for our organisation
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.
As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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