Key responsibilities include planning and supervising play activities, maintaining professional communication with families and healthcare professionals, and keeping accurate records in line with the Trust’s standards and policies. The role requires excellent communication skills and a clear understanding of safeguarding and patient confidentiality, along with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team to support patients' holistic care.
Cross site - primarily based at Chelsea and Westminster hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Hospital Play Support Worker to join the Play Team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital.
The role includes working alongside other Play Support workers, Health Play Specialists and a Youth Worker to enhance the hospital experience of children, young people and their families.
Play is essential to children and young people's health and wellbeing, and with this in mind the candidate will use their knowledge of play development to provide a wide range of stimulating play activities. You will provide holistic support to patients and families creating normalised and therapeutic play opportunities, reflecting on diversity and inclusion.
The Hospital Play Support Worker will be required to work both autonomously, and will be required to organise their working day to fit in with the needs of the patients and families.
You will be working in collaboration with physio's, psychology, hospital school and the rest of the multi- disciplinary team to ensure a positive patient care pathway. Ideally, the successful candidate would have excellent verbal and communication skills, and a clear understanding of safeguarding processes and patient confidentiality.
To organise and supervise play activities for individuals and groups of children and young people in hospital, according to their individual needs and as part of the overall plan of care.
About us
The Play service runs from 08:00 - 17:00.
To provide play sessions and activities for children at their bed spaces where they cannot come into the designated space.
To organise and tailor play and recreation activities to the individual needs of the patient and circumstance.
To offer play intervention for siblings.
To plan a programme of daily play activities for the playroom or outpatient play areas.
To establish effective and professional communication, both verbal and written with children/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Referring information to seniors when appropriate.
To provide play based observations to support the overall assessment of the child.
To ensure that up to date written records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standardsProfessional Ethics.
To comply with Trust policies
To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and their families, and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these need.
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