Cancer Screening Liaison Support Worker - FTC | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV1 4FS |
| Company: | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6207672/444-6207672-CG |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Cancer Screening Team
12 month Secondment (37.5 hours a week)
The role of a Cancer Screening Liaison Support Worker (CSLSW) has been developed specifically to provide support to individuals who may be high risk or experiencing Cancer diagnosis. They will offer empathy and understanding to others, inspiring hope and recovery. The CSLSW will work alongside practical support networks, in order to help people feel in control of their lives and identify opportunities to support individuals to engage with cancer screening programmes of care.
To encourage, inspire, motivate and assist people who access CWPT services with multiple and complex needs. Working alongside the Practitioner, you will assist in carrying out a comprehensive and holistic assessment and developing a package of care and support to promote the person’s ability to engage with appropriate services, including cancer screening.
The CSLSW will work as part of a team that provides services to vulnerable people with complex needs in a community setting, focusing on the direct needs of the individuals and working across boundaries of care, organisations and roles.
To build links with, and liaise with external agencies to work together in a collaborative approach to meet the needs of the person accessing services.
To have the individual’s needs to the fore at all times, working to the recovery model to support them to work towards their identified goals.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024
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