Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (GMSST). The team work with people over the age of 16 years who have a Learning Disability and/or Autism and who present a risk of offending or have complex challenging behaviour.
GMSST work alongside other agencies to provide support, assessments and interventions that aim to reduce the need for hospital admission and support people that are in in hospital towards discharge and to live safely within the community.
The successful candidatewill develop skills working alongside other colleagues within the team, including nursing, psychology, social work, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy. They will work together to identify and completeassessment work, deliverinterventions and provide direct support to the people we work with. They will also be involved in identifying training requirements and be part of delivery of training packages to other services and agencies.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work directly with service users and service providers, adopting a person centered approach. They will be involved in introducing and role modelling positive behaviour support plans and delivering intervention strategies.
The team have a central office basebut your daily work will include travel across Greater Manchester (travel expenses are reimbursed). The successful candidate will need to be a car driver and have their own transport.
The successful candidate will also need to be able to work flexibly 37.5 hours per week 5 out of 7 days (with weekend work on a rota basis). Thecore hours are predominantly 9am-5pm although you will be required to work outside of these hours i.e. evenings, during times when the service is providing intensive support. You will be paid enhanced payments for hours worked during evenings and weekends as per AFC.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service user in the community.
To carry out specific duties that contribute to the assessment of service users under the supervision of the lead clinician.
To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary.
To support statutory and voluntary sector social care staff in the delivery of appropriate care in accordance with the treatment and care plan, acting as a role model and in a supervisory role.
To work flexibly and when required (on a rota basis) work unsocial hours to ensure the care plan is implemented consistently at all times.
To work directly with service users in their own homes to complete assessments, to deliver interventions and at times to provide additional intensive support when this is required.
To support the development and delivery of training for staff teams and groups under indirect supervision of senior staff.
To maintain accurate charts and data collection protocols that contribute to the assessment process.
To accurately record contact visits in service user electronic records and communicate effectively with the lead clinician, and other identified and relevant parties
To promptly escalate any concerns noted during your work, to senior team members and relevant parties as per Trust and team protocols
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service user in the community.
To carry out specific duties that contribute to the assessment of service users under the supervision of the lead clinician.
To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary.
To support statutory and voluntary sector social care staff in the delivery of appropriate care in accordance with the treatment and care plan, acting as a role model and in a supervisory role.
To work flexibly and when required (on a rota basis) work unsocial hours to ensure the care plan is implemented consistently at all times.
To work directly with service users in their own homes to complete assessments, to deliver interventions and at times to provide additional intensive support when this is required.
To support the development and delivery of training for staff teams and groups under indirect supervision of senior staff.
To maintain accurate charts and data collection protocols that contribute to the assessment process.
To accurately record contact visits in service user electronic records and communicate effectively with the lead clinician, and other identified and relevant parties
To promptly escalate any concerns noted during your work, to senior team members and relevant parties as per Trust and team protocols
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Apprenticeship in H & SC Level 3
Desirable
- Good standard of education
- Qualification in craft, domestic skills, leisure or health equivalent to City & Guild Part 1, or 2 year experience working in a health setting
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a care setting
- Demonstrate evidence of working in a team
- Experience of working with people who have learning disabilities and who offend of display challenging behaviour
- Able to communicate effectively
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude
- Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner
Desirable
- Experience working in a supervisory role
Skills
Essential
- Able to satisfactorily complete physical intervention training
- Able to work within unpredictable circumstances
- Able to take direction and instruction
- Good communication skills - verbal and non-verbal
- Able to work under supervision
- Ability to remain calm in difficult situations and support others
- Ability to meet the day to today needs of the service users including providing practical support with daily living activities
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- To have good observation and report skills
- Ability to supervise
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Apprenticeship in H & SC Level 3
Desirable
- Good standard of education
- Qualification in craft, domestic skills, leisure or health equivalent to City & Guild Part 1, or 2 year experience working in a health setting
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a care setting
- Demonstrate evidence of working in a team
- Experience of working with people who have learning disabilities and who offend of display challenging behaviour
- Able to communicate effectively
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude
- Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner
Desirable
- Experience working in a supervisory role
Skills
Essential
- Able to satisfactorily complete physical intervention training
- Able to work within unpredictable circumstances
- Able to take direction and instruction
- Good communication skills - verbal and non-verbal
- Able to work under supervision
- Ability to remain calm in difficult situations and support others
- Ability to meet the day to today needs of the service users including providing practical support with daily living activities
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- To have good observation and report skills
- Ability to supervise
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
