Here at Derian House Children’s Hospice, we have an exciting opportunity for a Wellbeing Worker to join our team based in Chorley. This is a full time position - 37.5 hours.  Flexibility is needed over 7 days (evenings and weekends).  

About us:

Derian House Children’s Hospice is proud to have been providing high-quality care to children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions for the last 30 years.

The Derian House care team provides symptom management, palliative and end-of-life care, as well as short break respite care to children, young people and their families across Lancashire, South Cumbria and Greater Manchester. Supported by our dedicated community team, family support team, neonatal services and young people’s services we are able to provide a wide range of support and care in a variety of settings.

About the Wellbeing Worker role

You will join an established team who provide our wellbeing service through therapeutic play activities and sessions to babies, children and young people.  You will participate in assessing our service users and help implement an appropriate activities programme as part of their wider care package. You will be qualified in wellbeing and play or an equivalent discipline and be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of working with babies, children and young people with complex care needs in an educational and play environment.  

Main Purpose of Post:

• To promote a high standard of the wellbeing service through, therapeutic play activities. Sessions and groups as part of a holistic approach to care.

• To participate in the assessment of developmental, physical and emotional needs of the individual babies, children and young people and to develop, plan and implement appropriate activity programmes as part of a total care package.

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team respecting the skills, expertise and contributions of others in the provision of therapeutic play to babies, children, young people and their families using Derian House.

• To treat each baby, child, young person and family member as an individual respecting their dignity and providing therapeutic play and wellbeing services that are tailored to meet their specific family needs.

Benefits: 

• We offer 35 days holidays per year, including bank holidays and increasing with length of service
• Continuation of NHS Pension scheme (if eligible) or option to join Derian House Contributory Pension Scheme
• Retail discounts through Blue Light card and Benefits platform
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised meals in our diner
• Shift enhancements for weekend / night / bank holiday shifts

Don’t delay with submitting your application, we reserve the right to close this advert once we have received enough applications.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full-time). Occasional weekend and evening work will be required.

Location: Derian House Children’s Hospice, Chancery Road, Chorley, PR7 1DH.

Selection and Assessment process:  Depending on the volume of applications there may be an initial preliminary 20-minute discussion, held virtually (MS Teams), to help sift candidates we wish to progress.  The formal process for those invited, will be an onsite face to face assessment and interview.  We anticipate the processes will take place from late January.

Registered Charity Number 1005165

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all qualified candidates, irrespective of any protected characteristic.

Successful appointments will be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring check.