Senior Support Worker – Learning Disabilities Admission Avoidance - Bury - ref. n87962915
A Vacancy at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The Learning Disabilities Care Hub as part of the Specialist Network within Pennine Care NHS Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Trust are opening a new service for people with a learning disability who are experiencing a period of crisis.This is a new and exciting opportunity for you to come and join a brand new service, within a new team that will be located within Radcliffe, Bury.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and join our new team supporting people with a Learning Disability with or without Autism who are experiencing a period of crisis. This new service requires a number of senior support workers who will provide care and support to service users, their families and carer's with post holders having a good level of effective communication skills.You will routinely interact with service users, their families and carer's and a wide range of professionals from across Greater Manchester.
The post holders will provide a wide range of practical care duties and activities working directly with service users, who have challenging behaviours and will play a vital role in supporting people to recover.
We are looking for individuals to join our new service who have excellent interpersonal skills and will work across a multi professional team. The post holders will also provide supervisory support to the other Support Workers and will interlink with the Unit Manager, Administrator and other professionals working within the unit.
The post holder will work within the Admission Avoidance Unit predominately on the Radcliffe site within the borough of Bury and may at times work across the footprint of Pennine Care. Our new service aims to provide a therapeutic model of care to people aged 16-25 years with a Learning Disability with or without Autism who are experiencing a period of crisis by the provision of a service to reduce hospital admissions and offer of a de-escalation programme.
The Senior Support Worker will be a role model to others through demonstrating excellent support to those in our care and will work collaboratively with the Unit Manager to support and manage the unit effectively. Working with a multi-disciplinary team you will contribute to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care in line with the pathways and as agreed with supervising clinician(s).The Senior Support Worker will have a breadth of knowledge in providing holistic and person-centered care and support for people with a learning disability and be responsible for ensuring high quality care applying a model of care through collaborative management and includes supervision of other support workers.
The Senior Support Worker will be responsible for ensuring all relevant standards and plans are maintained during shifts. The post holder will be equipped with the relevant skills, attitudes and behaviors and will act in accordance with all relevant standards of practice.
The new service is part of our Learning Disabilities Care Hub which is situated within the Specialist Network. Our new service will support service users across the footprint of Greater Manchester (10 localities).
PCFT are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.’
Please read the attached job description and person specification as this will give you further details on the requirements of the role.
When completing your application, please ensure you give examples of how you meet each of the essential criteria and if possible, the desirable criteria. This is ultimately what you'll be shortlisted against.
This advert closes on Monday 27 Jan 2025