Youth Support Worker - Hospital Based

To deliver dedicated hospital-based support services designed to meet the psychosocial needs of teenagers and young adults living with cancer across Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children and Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital.  Specifically:

• To co-ordinate and provide one to one support and group activities in the hospital settings ensuring they are well planned and structured, appropriate and safe for all participants.
• The delivery of creative diversionary activities for teenagers and young adults.
• To engage and develop supportive and nurturing relationships with teenagers and young adults.  
• Prepare teenagers and young adults for, and support them through, invasive and non-evasive medical procedures, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
• Contributing to the design and implementation of programmes to support transition, both in age/development and stages of the cancer pathway
• Developing age-appropriate methods for involving teenagers and young adults in the development and evaluation of services.