• Job Description

  Req#: B0221-25-0013?language=en&page=468&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Genetics in Communities Service - 25 hours per week

  The Genetics in Communities (GiC) Service is a new support service in Bradford District and Craven and is an integral part of a range of health and social care services. The overall aim of the GiC Service is to ensure that people concerned about or affected by genetic disorders, are sufficiently informed and confident about using available services to improve their health outcomes.

  You will be part of a vibrant, dedicated and enthusiastic group of people with a commitment to a family centred and holistic approach to healthcare.

  Main duties of the job

  Genetics in Communities (GiC) Service Development Coordinator role

  Due to the population makeup of the District, initially, you will work with families of Pakistani origin. This role therefore, needs you to communicate confidently in Punjabi/Urdu with women and their family members, whose first language may not be English.

  No prior knowledge of genetics is required as full training will be given.

  About us

  Bevan is a social enterprise organisation at the forefront of health & wellbeing services in West Yorkshire. It hosts a variety of projects & prides itself in the responsive & person led approach finding compassionate solutions for people that benefit both the individual & the system as a whole. The GiC service is part of the Wellbeing Services at Bevan. Our website is www.wearebevan.co.uk

  Details

  Date posted

  08 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £36,067 a year Pro-rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  B0221-25-0013

  Job locations

  14 Piccadilly

  Bradford

  West Yorkshire

  BD1 3LS

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Supporting Families

  • Understand the information and care needs of people concerned about or affected by genetic conditions, identified through various NHS and Social Care departments, voluntary services and self-referral.
  • Work with professionals to address the information and support needs of individuals/couples/family members. You will be working, in a supporting role, with the professionals responsible for the care of people concerned about or affected by genetic disorders. This may involve clinic attendance and/or home visits.
  • Support people affected by genetic conditions to resolve social issues, for example housing, benefits, and welfare, that affect their quality of life, and act as barriers to accessing genetic services. Your role will involve signposting people to relevant services.
  • Manage, monitor, and maintain records of people using genetic and support services in a range of sectors. You will be supported in this work by professionals in the Genetics and Good Preconception Care Network.

  Outreach Work

  • Deliver community-based information sessions to improve public understanding of genetics and genetic services, with the aid of existing resources. This will involve working with a variety of organisations, for example, educational establishments, faith organisations and community centres.

  Training for Professionals

  • Promote and respond to requests for existing genetic training sessions for health and social care professionals and other stakeholders.

  Supporting Tasks

  • Organisation of advisory group meetings
  • Representation on relevant stakeholder committees
  • Oversee the development of the GiC webpage
  • Facilitate the development of future resources
  • Facilitate the development of genetics pathways
  • The post will be supported by an advisory committee and administrative staff.

  Bevan Core Values and Beliefs

  • Ensure safeguarding practices are known, understood, and effectively implemented.
  • Provide person centred care to women and their families, allowing choice and autonomy. Offer support, information, and encouragement to ensure they have full access to care, personalised to their needs/choices.
  • Recognise the unique characteristics of each family and implement measures to reduce barriers to good healthcare, considering the socio-economic circumstances of the family including linguistic, cultural, and religious factors.
  • Understand the demographics of the community areas within which you work. Recognise that social, cultural/religious influences, individual circumstances, capabilities, behaviours, and lifestyle choices impact on health outcomes.
  • Work as a member of the Wellbeing Team and with other professionals enabling care for women, who may have a barrier to accessing the services they need. This will involve being able to work across services in hospital, within the community and home settings.
  • Work in partnership to bridge the gap between services and communities.
  • Use social networks and patients life experiences to address barriers to engagement and improve connections between services and disadvantaged communities.
  • Actively participate in service improvements towards being an outstanding service provider, learning from feedback, enabling, and involving service users to contribute to service design and care choices.
  • Assist in making informed choices to enable personalised discussion, sensitively communicating complex, and/or potentially challenging information to women, if appropriate, to facilitate access to services.
  • Act sensitively, compassionately, and respectfully at all times.
  • Deliver the service in a way that reduces service access, barriers, understanding and responding to the needs of marginalised groups.
  • Apply the principles of continuity of carer when making judgements related to supporting women with complex needs and when referring or transferring care back or on to registered practitioners or specialist teams.
  • Work with the service towards implementing national standards and improvements in care.
  • Acknowledge your personal and professional limitations, always liaising with other relevant health professionals.
  • Promote the importance of making every contact count through actively encouraging women and their families to talk about their health and wellbeing at every opportunity.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Supporting Families

  • Understand the information and care needs of people concerned about or affected by genetic conditions, identified through various NHS and Social Care departments, voluntary services and self-referral.
  • Work with professionals to address the information and support needs of individuals/couples/family members. You will be working, in a supporting role, with the professionals responsible for the care of people concerned about or affected by genetic disorders. This may involve clinic attendance and/or home visits.
  • Support people affected by genetic conditions to resolve social issues, for example housing, benefits, and welfare, that affect their quality of life, and act as barriers to accessing genetic services. Your role will involve signposting people to relevant services.
  • Manage, monitor, and maintain records of people using genetic and support services in a range of sectors. You will be supported in this work by professionals in the Genetics and Good Preconception Care Network.

  Outreach Work

  • Deliver community-based information sessions to improve public understanding of genetics and genetic services, with the aid of existing resources. This will involve working with a variety of organisations, for example, educational establishments, faith organisations and community centres.

  Training for Professionals

  • Promote and respond to requests for existing genetic training sessions for health and social care professionals and other stakeholders.

  Supporting Tasks

  • Organisation of advisory group meetings
  • Representation on relevant stakeholder committees
  • Oversee the development of the GiC webpage
  • Facilitate the development of future resources
  • Facilitate the development of genetics pathways
  • The post will be supported by an advisory committee and administrative staff.

  Bevan Core Values and Beliefs

  • Ensure safeguarding practices are known, understood, and effectively implemented.
  • Provide person centred care to women and their families, allowing choice and autonomy. Offer support, information, and encouragement to ensure they have full access to care, personalised to their needs/choices.
  • Recognise the unique characteristics of each family and implement measures to reduce barriers to good healthcare, considering the socio-economic circumstances of the family including linguistic, cultural, and religious factors.
  • Understand the demographics of the community areas within which you work. Recognise that social, cultural/religious influences, individual circumstances, capabilities, behaviours, and lifestyle choices impact on health outcomes.
  • Work as a member of the Wellbeing Team and with other professionals enabling care for women, who may have a barrier to accessing the services they need. This will involve being able to work across services in hospital, within the community and home settings.
  • Work in partnership to bridge the gap between services and communities.
  • Use social networks and patients life experiences to address barriers to engagement and improve connections between services and disadvantaged communities.
  • Actively participate in service improvements towards being an outstanding service provider, learning from feedback, enabling, and involving service users to contribute to service design and care choices.
  • Assist in making informed choices to enable personalised discussion, sensitively communicating complex, and/or potentially challenging information to women, if appropriate, to facilitate access to services.
  • Act sensitively, compassionately, and respectfully at all times.
  • Deliver the service in a way that reduces service access, barriers, understanding and responding to the needs of marginalised groups.
  • Apply the principles of continuity of carer when making judgements related to supporting women with complex needs and when referring or transferring care back or on to registered practitioners or specialist teams.
  • Work with the service towards implementing national standards and improvements in care.
  • Acknowledge your personal and professional limitations, always liaising with other relevant health professionals.
  • Promote the importance of making every contact count through actively encouraging women and their families to talk about their health and wellbeing at every opportunity.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working independently and as part of a team
  • Experience of presenting information to an audience
  • Experience of dealing with members of the public

  Desirable

  • Prior knowledge of genetics
  • (NB: prior knowledge of genetics is desirable but not essential, as sufficient training for fulfilling the duties of this role will be given)
  • Experience of working with women and families in a community setting
  • Experience of working with individuals and families to improve their health
  • Experience of project management

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of issues related to equality diversity and inclusion (EDI)
  • Understanding of confidentiality in healthcare

  Desirable

  • Understanding of NHS organisations and related services
  • Knowledge of how to work with and engage marginalised groups
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding in health and social care

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to express yourself clearly
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely
  • Able to work unsupervised
  • Flexible approach to work
  • Ability to manage, prioritise, escalate and organise personal workload while collaborating with team members to meet shared goals

  Desirable

  • Ability to record and monitor data to demonstrate impact

  Personal Characteristics

  Essential

  • Personally, aligned with Bevan core values and beliefs (see page below)
  • Resilience is not afraid of a challenge or hard work
  • Patience a calm and measured approach to a frustrating situation
  • Team player, with willingness to help others and go above and beyond
  • Displays sensitivity, compassion and respect towards service users
  • Brings enthusiasm and commitment to the team.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Willingness to undertake relevant genetics training
  • Full, clean driving license

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working independently and as part of a team
  • Experience of presenting information to an audience
  • Experience of dealing with members of the public

  Desirable

  • Prior knowledge of genetics
  • (NB: prior knowledge of genetics is desirable but not essential, as sufficient training for fulfilling the duties of this role will be given)
  • Experience of working with women and families in a community setting
  • Experience of working with individuals and families to improve their health
  • Experience of project management

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of issues related to equality diversity and inclusion (EDI)
  • Understanding of confidentiality in healthcare

  Desirable

  • Understanding of NHS organisations and related services
  • Knowledge of how to work with and engage marginalised groups
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding in health and social care

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to express yourself clearly
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely
  • Able to work unsupervised
  • Flexible approach to work
  • Ability to manage, prioritise, escalate and organise personal workload while collaborating with team members to meet shared goals

  Desirable

  • Ability to record and monitor data to demonstrate impact

  Personal Characteristics

  Essential

  • Personally, aligned with Bevan core values and beliefs (see page below)
  • Resilience is not afraid of a challenge or hard work
  • Patience a calm and measured approach to a frustrating situation
  • Team player, with willingness to help others and go above and beyond
  • Displays sensitivity, compassion and respect towards service users
  • Brings enthusiasm and commitment to the team.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Willingness to undertake relevant genetics training
  • Full, clean driving license

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Bevan Community Benefit Society

  Address

  14 Piccadilly

  Bradford

  West Yorkshire

  BD1 3LS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://wearebevan.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Bevan Community Benefit Society

  Address

  14 Piccadilly

  Bradford

  West Yorkshire

  BD1 3LS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://wearebevan.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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