Job summary
The States of Guernsey are looking for a Manager to join the Therapy and Enabling, Short Break and Emergency Care Service.
The post holder will be responsible and accountable to the Community Operational Lead for the overall leadership, management, and development of the Therapy & Enabling Service and the Short-Break Service for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
The Therapy & Enabling Service operates during daytime hours, Monday to Friday, and works as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to deliver person-centred therapeutic assessment, intervention, and enabling support.
The Manager will ensure high-quality service delivery, promote best practice, and contribute to ongoing service development and evaluation within Health and Social Care (HSC).
The Short-Break Service provides 24-hour support, 7 days a week, to adults with learning disabilities, offering flexible respite and support to service users and their families/carers. Respite is delivered across three self-contained flats within Le Grand Courtil, and, where required, holiday placements (on or off island).
The Manager will ensure safe, responsive, and person-centred care that reflects the diverse and often complex needs of individuals accessing the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible and accountable to the Community
Operational Lead for the overall leadership, management, and development of the Therapy
& Enabling Service and the Short-Break Service for adults with learning disabilities and/or
autism.
The Therapy & Enabling Service operates during daytime hours, Monday to Friday, and works
as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to deliver person-centred therapeutic assessment,
intervention, and enabling support.
The Manager will ensure high-quality service delivery,
promote best practice, and contribute to ongoing service development and evaluation within
Health and Social Care (HSC).
The Short-Break Service provides 24-hour support, 7 days a week, to adults with learning
disabilities, offering flexible respite and support to service users and their families/carers.
Respite is delivered across three self-contained flats within Le Grand Courtil, and, where
required, holiday placements (on or off island).
The Manager will ensure safe, responsive, and
person-centred care that reflects the diverse and often complex needs of individuals
accessing the service.
About us
The Island of Guernsey is in
the English Channel in the Bay of St Malo, 50km off the north-west coast of
France and 120km from the English coast.
Guernsey has a population of
around 63,000 and in Alderney just under 2,000. Working in a relatively small
Health and Social Care Service like ours means you can effectively work with
colleagues across the services, health and social care professionals can
collaborate not only with each other but also other agencies, the third sector
and the community.
We offer an attractive
relocation policy and competitive salaries with great career opportunities,
modern facilities, excellent training, revalidation and registration support
and a healthy work-life balance.
As a health or social care professional who
chooses to join our team, you can look forward to working in an environment
that gives you the time to care that you hoped for when choosing this career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide effective management, leadership, supervision, and support to all team
members and students.
Ensure individualised support plans and therapeutic programmes are developed,
implemented, and reviewed in collaboration with service users, families, and partner
agencies.
Promote positive risk management, safeguarding, and regulatory compliance.
Liaise effectively with Health and Social Services, Accommodation Services,
families/carers, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure coordinated and holistic
support.
Contribute to workforce development, quality assurance, and continuous service
improvement.
To promote and deliver a high standard of care based on best practice to maintain
patient/service user safety and provide an excellent.
To coordinate the assessment of patients/service users with complex needs including
individuals with unconfirmed diagnosis.
To coordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of specialised
programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
To lead a team of staff/provide specialist advice in acute and chronic situations
ensuring that the patients/services users needs are met along with their support
network.
To ensure patient/service user involvement in the planning, delivery and evaluation
of care, respecting their beliefs and dignity.
To utilise data and information from a range of sources to identify patient/service user
condition to guide decision making.
Within field of expertise and policy and where appropriate, request specific clinical
tests to establish a diagnosis.
To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for patients/service users and
their support networks.
To ensure that professional standards are upheld by the staff members working within
the postholders sphere of responsibility.
To manage all incidents as per policy and participate in risk management and Quality
and Safety processes e.g. SWARM.
To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients/service users
and escalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate
processes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide effective management, leadership, supervision, and support to all team
members and students.
Ensure individualised support plans and therapeutic programmes are developed,
implemented, and reviewed in collaboration with service users, families, and partner
agencies.
Promote positive risk management, safeguarding, and regulatory compliance.
Liaise effectively with Health and Social Services, Accommodation Services,
families/carers, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure coordinated and holistic
support.
Contribute to workforce development, quality assurance, and continuous service
improvement.
To promote and deliver a high standard of care based on best practice to maintain
patient/service user safety and provide an excellent.
To coordinate the assessment of patients/service users with complex needs including
individuals with unconfirmed diagnosis.
To coordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of specialised
programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
To lead a team of staff/provide specialist advice in acute and chronic situations
ensuring that the patients/services users needs are met along with their support
network.
To ensure patient/service user involvement in the planning, delivery and evaluation
of care, respecting their beliefs and dignity.
To utilise data and information from a range of sources to identify patient/service user
condition to guide decision making.
Within field of expertise and policy and where appropriate, request specific clinical
tests to establish a diagnosis.
To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for patients/service users and
their support networks.
To ensure that professional standards are upheld by the staff members working within
the postholders sphere of responsibility.
To manage all incidents as per policy and participate in risk management and Quality
and Safety processes e.g. SWARM.
To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients/service users
and escalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate
processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional (E.g. Social Work England, NMC or HCPC
Desirable
- Management Qualification Level 5 and above
- Degree in relevant field of nursing/management
Experience
Essential
- The ability to evidence application of HSCs CARE Values in practice
- Evidence of leadership and change management with an understanding of quality
- improvement methodology.
- Evidence of managing own workload with excellent time management skills
- Evidence of the ability to effectively manage resources
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- A high standard of communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to
- deal with complex and challenging situations in a calm and diplomatic manner
- Ability to lead and motivate staff
- A flexible approach with the ability to work within a challenging environment meeting
- the needs of the service
- The ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Commitment to self-development and the development of others
- Adaptable and responsive to changing service needs
- Ability to deal with stress in self and others, recognising when support is required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional (E.g. Social Work England, NMC or HCPC
Desirable
- Management Qualification Level 5 and above
- Degree in relevant field of nursing/management
Experience
Essential
- The ability to evidence application of HSCs CARE Values in practice
- Evidence of leadership and change management with an understanding of quality
- improvement methodology.
- Evidence of managing own workload with excellent time management skills
- Evidence of the ability to effectively manage resources
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- A high standard of communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to
- deal with complex and challenging situations in a calm and diplomatic manner
- Ability to lead and motivate staff
- A flexible approach with the ability to work within a challenging environment meeting
- the needs of the service
- The ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Commitment to self-development and the development of others
- Adaptable and responsive to changing service needs
- Ability to deal with stress in self and others, recognising when support is required
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
