Child and Well-Being PractitionerinManchesterinManchesterPUBLISHED FRI 14 FEB 2025
The position emphasises strong organisational and leadership skills, facilitating multi-agency collaboration, and establishing connections with mortuary and funeral service providers as part of end-of-life care. The Trust values diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds, committing to an inclusive hiring process that supports all candidates.
To provide practical and emotional support to Children and siblings.
o To work in liaison with other family/ sibling support services to ensure multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, to enable a seamless system for children and families.
o To provide practical and emotional support to the siblings and immediate family following a child's death.
o To work closely with team members using your own initiative, good organisational leadership and time management skills.
- To guide and assist the nurses & short break facilitators in assessing the emotional needs of the child and immediate family.
- Developing an individualised plan of care.
- Enabling the short break facilitators to provide distraction techniques utilising therapeutic, sensory and developmental play activities.
- To attend and contribute to team meetings, case load updates and meetings relevant to the child.
- To participate in the development of projects which lead to service improvements
- To liaise and create links with the mortuary, funeral directors, and other agencies as part of end of life care for child and immediate family.
About us
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
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