Paediatric Diabetes Youth Worker: Sponsorship Available

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Youth Worker to the Paediatric Diabetes team within The Northern Care Alliance. The postholder will work across the areas of Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford as part of the multi-disciplinary team using specific skills to contribute to the non-clinical aspects of care for young people with diabetes, their families and carers.

The post holder will focus on ensuring young people will be effectively supported in the process of transition. This will involve engagement and communication with young people to support and develop positive self-care behaviours, promote engagement with the diabetes team and provide strategies to navigate health care systems for their long-term health needs.

The Youth Worker is an integral member of the diabetes clinical team and will work very closely with the Lead Nurses. Transition is the process whereby young people prepare for the transfer to adult services. The appointed candidate will play a key role in the 3 processes of transition; beginning of transition where the concept is introduced, the middle phase where the CYP and their family get actively into transition and the final phase when the CYP are integrated into adult service.

Communicating with young people is imperative within this role to support the young people’s overall well-being, encompassing physical, mental and social health. The role will focus on empowering young people to manage their health conditions and navigate healthcare.

 

Main duties of the job

  • Create and maintain relationships with patients, parent/carers.
  • Direct supervision using experience and knowledge to ensure patients attend transition clinics
  • Working alongside the young people, use informal or formal assessment to establish the needs of this patient group.
  • Using these results, work closely with the healthcare team in establishing an appropriate response to support these young people
  • To provide and lead recreational facilities and youth work activities for young people under the care of the diabetes team
  • To devise and develop ways in which a peer group support can be achieved.
  • Work with young people to prepare them for specific activities, treatment plans and transition to adult services.
  • To coordinate and supervise social support networks to encourage social interaction and support to young people in order to aid adjustment to diagnosis.
  • Provide active outreach to young people struggling to engage with health services
  • To coordinate creative and therapeutic activities and implement a range of strategies. Liaise with complementary therapies, music workshop, community and youth groups to contribute to these strategies
  • To develop collaborative projects with similar services, organisations, and other agencies and communities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A Professional Qualification (DipHE/FdA/BA(hons) in Youth Work Endorsed by the National Youth Agency or Equivalent

Desirable

  • Leadership qualification
  • Research qualification

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with young people from a variety of backgrounds in either a health care setting or a youth and community setting.

Desirable

  • Previous experience as a youth worker in Diabetes team
  • Knowledge of the effects of hospitalisation/chronic illness on the young person, family and peers

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills. Effectively communicate with adolescent and young
  • Comfortable working with Children & Young People and their families.

Desirable

  • An understanding of cultural differences
  • Experience in research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 30 December 2025

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