Family and Bereavement Support Worker (XR06)

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	06 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	£38,682.00 i £46,580.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	27 Chwefror 2026
Lleoliad:	Leeds, LS14 6UH
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9298-NEU-148

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PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY The post holder will be responsible for enhancing our service to provide a tailored whole family support service to people with Motor Neurone disease and their families. Research and audit will be key in developing and providing this service. To undertake assessments of people and families independently to establish their emotional, social and spiritual needs. To develop and implement person specific support plans. To support whole families with benefit applications and help them to link into services available such as through the MND Association Welfare Benefits Service and MND Association Children, Young People & Whole Families Team. To provide bereavement support to whole families of those who have died from MND. To perform carers assessments and help families to identify their role as a carer and support them in this. To develop links with other relevant family support workers to enhance the citywide continuity of support for people with MND, and over time to look at ways to broaden the reach of the Family Support Worker Team across West Yorkshire To provide education and training to the wider team regarding whole family and bereavement support. To audit and evaluate to enable development of services and policy. To support strategic planning of MND services. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition. INFECTION CONTROL The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment. HEALTH AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc. TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority. The jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role. COMMUNICATION & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Internal Head of Nursing MND Team Medical, nursing and AHP colleagues External Community NHS colleagues Hospices Adult social services Childrens Social Care Leeds 0-19 Early Start Service (to cover all Early Start offers and local pathways, e.g. Universal Family Offer, and Targeted & Specialist Family Offer) Leeds Family Hubs Service Allied charities including MND Association SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS PHYSICAL EFFORT There is a frequent requirement for the job holder to spend a substantial proportion of their working time sitting or standing in a restricted position and an occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort. MENTAL EFFORT: There is a frequent requirement for the job holder to concentrate where their job pattern may be unpredictable. EMOTIONAL EFFORT The nature of the duties will require the job holder to be involved in distressing or emotional circumstances on a frequent basis. WORKING CONDITIONS: This job involves exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a weekly basis including direct with bodily fluids and occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. There may be the requirement for the post holder to travel between sites within Leeds Health Economy in order to best meet the needs of the service.