Job Description

Support the families of babies, children and young people (aged 0-18yrs) experiencing the death of a child at Newcastle Hospitals Work across Newcastle Hospitals sites including community venues and home visiting across the region and collaboratively across multiagency teams Require the following specific knowledge, skills and experience: Experience of supporting Bereaved families, Knowledge of Child Death Overview Process, Safeguarding/Child Child Protection Knowledge and experience Have oversight of all Child Deaths in NUTH and support the Trust Medical lead for child death and other child death review practitioners to ensure a robust and high quality Child Death review process To act as a single point of contact for the bereaved family to ensure that each family is aware of the Child Death review process Be required/have the ability to act as clinical supervisor to peers professionals working with recently bereaved families and to provide advice, signposting and training in supporting bereaved familys Provide specialist advice and support to familys experiencing a child death and support as a key link person throughout the Child Death review process Liaise with familys on relevant bereavement services to ensure they get appropriate support when needed. To make appropriate referrals to bereavement support and services as family require Work collaboratively with Paediatric Palliative care services to meet children and families who are on end of life care pathways at most appropriate time to understand their individual support needs and preparation for bereavement and child death processes Require enhance communication skills to include sharing sensitive information with familys and to communicate outcomes of investigations and child death review meetings To undertake either the role of keyworker or support professionals allocated the key worker role in the event of a child death- meeting the criteria for a Joint Agency response in line with statutory requirements Advocate for familys views within the child death process including all relevant meetings As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.