Assistant Practitioner

Main area
Intensive Support Function (ISF) - Community LD Team Liverpool
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
350-SC6199814
Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Norris Green Community Hub
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/04/2024 23:59
Band 4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Job overviewWe are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 4 Assistant Practitioner within our service. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in a fast paced and challenging environment and be involved in the on-going development of intensive support function within our Community Learning Disability Team. It is essential that you have an interest in working with individuals with learning disabilities within community and inpatient services.The Specialist Learning Disability Division provides specialist services to adults who have a learning disability and/or autism who may present with health issues, individuals who are described as having complex challenging behaviour and people with a risk of offending or have a history of criminal conviction. The service is based on the principles that underpin the Transforming Care Agenda and is developing new models of care and support for people with a learning disability.Main duties of the jobThe Community Learning Disability Team works with individuals who have a learning disability, with additional complex and high risk needs, who may require a crisis intervention and intensive support. You will be an experienced support worker, with a good knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support, flexible with excellent communication skills and a passion for team working.Applicants should have experience of working with individuals who have a learning disability and the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience around autism, behaviours that challenge and mental health conditions. The post holder must be able to transport self around the community.We are looking for people who share our core values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect , Enthusiasm and Support.This post will be based in the Liverpool Community Learning Disability Team in Norris Green and Sefton Community Learning Disability Team Hartley Hospital.Working for our organisation Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe post holder will provide direct support and observation to those people who use the service under the guidance and direct supervision of the Clinical Nurse Specialist and work with service users on an individual and group basis to actively engage people in their treatment and care plans to support the development of social, self-help, occupational and personal skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills and be motivated to engage in new ways of working. They will have a clear commitment to person-centred practices and will be able to demonstrate this in their work with individuals, families and teams. You will be expected to work in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary team and with a range of health and social care providers within community and inpatient settings.The post holder will be expected to participate in an on-call rota as support to the registered professional phone holder during the day, at evenings and weekends across Liverpool and Sefton and will be expected to use their own car for this purpose.Person specificationQualificationsMust be willing to undertake Assistant Practitioner Foundation qualification.KnowledgeExperience of working in a mental health settingExperience of working as part of a multidisciplinary teamAbility to maintain confidentialityAbility to supervise support workersAbility to work on own initiative and assist qualified practitionersAbility to work as a member of the teamFlexibilityNegotiation skills including the ability to manage aggression/difficult behaviourKnowledge of health promotion and physical/psychological health care needs of service usersKnowledge of developing meaningful activities in a care setting----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the recruitment team to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email #####) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team is able to prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.Employer certification / accreditation badgesThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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