Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5, 000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

The role will be working with children or young people with special educational needs and disabilities on our weight management programmes. They will be supporting complex families and communities to make sustained behaviour change and tailor their approach to meet individual needs.

• To support individual children, young people and families on our programmes
• To work with communities to empower them to support children with SEND
• To support delivery of the BZ Families programme across Gloucestershire
• To help develop and implement high quality learning resources to support individual needs
• To work collaboratively with other internal and external stakeholders
• To support with administrative tasks including participant sign-up, data capture and reporting
• To support Triage across BeeZee Bodies programmes

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification in youth/community/ wellbeing/ health/ education/social care/ counselling
• Lived experience of living/working with people with special educational needs and/or disabilities

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of working with people living with disabilities or those with complex needs
• Experience of working on events involving young people

Desirable

• Experience of designing and delivering engaging sessions for young people with SEND
• Experience of working in a health, education or social care environment or good understanding of supporting others to maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Experience of managing safeguarding cases

Individual Competencies

• Empathy combined with a genuine desire and commitment to improve the quality of the lives of the young people
• A personable, non-judgemental and sensitive approach to communicating with the public
• Excellent communication skills with the ability and confidence to establish positive relationships with young people and motivate them to participate in activities and projects
• IT literate especially excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Excellent data processing and data management system skills
• Excellent organizational skills to manage and prioritise workload, anticipate needs and work on own initiative and as part of a high functioning team
• Able to carry out your roles and responsibilities whilst holding a complex caseload
• Fluent and clear in English speaking
• Confident, self-motivated, passionate, flexible, adaptable and creative
• Attention to detail
• Able to respond positively to new situations
• Methodical with the ability to understand and meet targets and deadlines, able to learn and assimilate new information
• Ability to reflect and appraise own performance and that of others
• Drive and have own car

Key Business Priorities

Internal

• Line managed by Contract Manager of BeeZee Bodies Gloucestershire Contract.
• Will form part of the BeeZee Bodies Gloucestershire team, working together to deliver weight management services to CYP and their families.

External

• Will work closely with community organisations, partners and families for excellent delivery in Gloucestershire, providing feedback to partners and community organisations on the development of the programmes.
• Will likely feedback to Gloucestershire CYP Clinical MDT on individual cases

EEO Statement

Maximus is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal well-being and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post.

We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long-term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job. When you complete your job application you will find a question asking you if you would like to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you feel that you have a disability and apply under this scheme, providing that you meet the essential criteria for the job, you will then be invited for an interview. YourGuaranteed Interview application will only be shared with the hiring manager and the local resourcing team. Where reasonable, Maximus will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.