Cancer Fund for Children Community Specialist

The key accountabilities of the Community Specialist Role are as follows:

1. Operational Accountabilities

1.1 Develop, agree and implement, in conjunction with the Services Manager, effective operational plans for specialist service delivery, in line with the overall Cancer Fund for Children Operational and Strategic Plans.

1.2 Ensure that all service provision delivered under the post holder’s remit meets the needs of children, young people and families and that all resources are appropriately allocated according to priority of need.

1.3 Deliver a high standard of care based on the assessed need of individual children, young people and families within the whole family concept

1.4 Deliver scheduled support plans in partnership with children, young people and families, working within a rights’ based ethos.

1.5 Maintain confidential, accurate case records to account for all direct work with children, young people and family members in receipt of Cancer Fund for Children services

1.6 Hold an allocated capped caseload of families, with a requirement that the post holder monitor and report on all interventions delivered to those families and record all outcomes

1.7 Deliver specialist support packages to individuals and to groups of children, young people and parents in their homes and in the community/and Daisy Lodge

1.8 Provide written reports to an agreed standard, reviewing all individual and group-work regarding families on allocated caseload, to measure and evidence impact/outcomes.

1.9 Contribute to the development of new ideas and proposals for delivering services within realistic time frames and realistic budgets

1.10 Liaise with Trusts and all relevant networks to improve the quality of children’s and young people’s experiences (and their parents, where relevant)

1.11 Develop and maintain close working relationships with Multi-Disciplinary Teams in the regional cancer hospitals and local hospitals throughout Northern Ireland.

2. General Accountabilities

1.12 Provide accurate data, as determined by the Services Manager, on an agreed basis.

1.13 Provide support to volunteers to ensure they receive appropriate direction and resources to fulfil their designated role

1.14 Be cognisant and compliant with all Cancer Fund for Children policies and procedures designed to meet all service delivery requirements and that apply to the organisation as a whole.

3. Financial Accountabilities

1.15 Work within agreed project expenditure, in line with budgets, up to a limit set by the Services Manager.

1.16 To submit all expenses to Services Manager on a monthly basis.

1.17 To ensure responsibility of all resources held within the post’s remit, including equipment and facilities.

4. General Duties:

1.18 To attend all Services Team meetings, prepare material and fully contribute to casework discussions

1.19 To be available for planning, review, supervision, support and appraisal meetings.

1.20 To be available for on-going professional development / training opportunities and to attend all mandatory training.

1.21 To promote Cancer Fund for Children services available to children and young people and their families

1.22 To represent Cancer Fund for Children as delegated by the Services Manager

1.23 To perform any other reasonable duties and specific projects deemed to be within the post-holder’s competence, as assigned by management to contribute to the overall aims of the Cancer Fund for Children.

This is a part-time position of approx 25 hours per week. 

If you are interested in applying for this role, please complete your application form and return it no later than 12 noon on Friday 30th June 2017.

For more information, contact our HR Officer Ashleigh on 028 9080 5599 or email [email protected]