Job summary
At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:
Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
- Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
- "In our Gift" providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
- Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
- Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
- Child Care Vouchers Scheme
- Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
- NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes
Main duties of the job
If you are passionate about improving services for people living with learning disabilities and/or autism and have good knowledge of the Learning Disabilities and Autism/Transforming Care Agenda. We would love to hear from you!
As part of delivering the Transforming Care/LD&A Agenda, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT) are leading on the new all-age Dynamic Support Register (DSR) for people with learning disabilities and or autism who are at the highest risk of a hospital admission across Staffordshire.
You will drive forward the work required to continually develop the DSR; establish robust processes and governance arrangements to support its use; promote its aims and benefits; and successfully embed it across South Staffordshire.
You will link with all relevant local partner organisations within the Integrated Care System (ICS) including; Local Authorities, Health Trusts, Education and Police working alongside the DSR Lead in the North Staffordshire. Ensuring the ongoing development of the DSR continues to be co-produced with experts by experience.
The DSR helps the system to provide increased vigilance and improved strategic planning for those at high risk of placement breakdown and/or hospital admission, ensuring proactive monitoring and support reducing the risk of inappropriate admission.
The DSR forms an integral part of the County's admission avoidance initiatives and improves the system's proactive responses to support people when they are in most need.
About us
Working for our organisation Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: DSR Lead South Staffordshire
BAND: Band 7
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week
DEPARTMENT: Specialist Learning Disability Directorate
LOCATION: Flanagan Centre, St Georges Hospital (however base will mainly be from home)
REPORTS TO: Clinical Services Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Clinical Director
RESPONSIBLE FOR: DSR Administrator (Band 4)
Why is now the time for you to join our DSR team?
The Dynamic Support Register (DSR) aims to bring people together who are involved in supporting local children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. With the aim to ensure that they (and those important to them) receive robust, timely, proactive monitoring, intervention and support.
Where all agencies and services involved in commissioning and delivering care and support for people with a learning disability and/or autism in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent work together in the continued development of the DSRs comprehensive and proactive digital database. Helping to identify people at most need of support to reduce the likelihood of unnecessary or inappropriate admission to mental health or specialist hospitals.
With close links to the Transforming Care Programme (TCP)/LD&A the DSR provides a collaborative forum for communication where a persons support needs can be reviewed and supported appropriately.
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal:
- DSR Lead North Staffordshire,
- Head of Nursing and Operational Lead Adult LD Services MPFT,
- Clinical Services Manager,
- Clinical Director Adult LD Services,
- Clinical Leads CLDT and IST,
- Clinical Leads in Children and Families Services,
- Clinical Leads/Manager 0-25 Autism Service,
- Forensic LD/Autism Liaison colleagues,
- Adult Mental Health Liaison (LD/Autism) colleagues,
- Safeguarding Leads MPFT,
- Social Work Leads MPFT,
- Adult Mental Health Clinical Pathway Leads MPFT.
External:
- Autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their parents and carers,
- Social Services Team Managers and other LA colleagues,
- Adults and Childrens Assessment and Care Management Leads and Teams,
- Safeguarding Leads (Local Authority),
- Education Providers,
- SEND Leads/Teams,
- Social Care providers,
- neighbouring Health Trusts,
- Police including MAPPA/MARAC,
- ICB colleagues and TCP Teams,
- NHSE/I Regional & National Teams as appropriate,
- Primary Care Services,
- Advocacy,
- Third Sector Organisations (Local and National).
JOB PURPOSE:
The post holder will be responsible, with the DSR Lead for North Staffordshire, for driving forward the continued development of the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) for Children, Young People and Adults with a Learning Disability and or Autism, across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent where there is a risk of admission to a specialist learning disability service or mental health hospital.
The post holder will take the lead in the continued development and embedding of the DSR across South Staffordshire linking with the local partner organisations including local authorities, ICB and Education to manage the DSR for Children, Young People and Adults. The DSR is inclusive for people with a Learning Disability and /or Autism, where there is risk of admission to a specialist learning disability service or mental health hospital.
Please see the Job description, Person Specification and our DSR web page Dynamic Support Register - Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, ICS (staffsstokeics.org.uk) for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: DSR Lead South Staffordshire
BAND: Band 7
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week
DEPARTMENT: Specialist Learning Disability Directorate
LOCATION: Flanagan Centre, St Georges Hospital (however base will mainly be from home)
REPORTS TO: Clinical Services Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Clinical Director
RESPONSIBLE FOR: DSR Administrator (Band 4)
Why is now the time for you to join our DSR team?
The Dynamic Support Register (DSR) aims to bring people together who are involved in supporting local children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. With the aim to ensure that they (and those important to them) receive robust, timely, proactive monitoring, intervention and support.
Where all agencies and services involved in commissioning and delivering care and support for people with a learning disability and/or autism in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent work together in the continued development of the DSRs comprehensive and proactive digital database. Helping to identify people at most need of support to reduce the likelihood of unnecessary or inappropriate admission to mental health or specialist hospitals.
With close links to the Transforming Care Programme (TCP)/LD&A the DSR provides a collaborative forum for communication where a persons support needs can be reviewed and supported appropriately.
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal:
- DSR Lead North Staffordshire,
- Head of Nursing and Operational Lead Adult LD Services MPFT,
- Clinical Services Manager,
- Clinical Director Adult LD Services,
- Clinical Leads CLDT and IST,
- Clinical Leads in Children and Families Services,
- Clinical Leads/Manager 0-25 Autism Service,
- Forensic LD/Autism Liaison colleagues,
- Adult Mental Health Liaison (LD/Autism) colleagues,
- Safeguarding Leads MPFT,
- Social Work Leads MPFT,
- Adult Mental Health Clinical Pathway Leads MPFT.
External:
- Autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their parents and carers,
- Social Services Team Managers and other LA colleagues,
- Adults and Childrens Assessment and Care Management Leads and Teams,
- Safeguarding Leads (Local Authority),
- Education Providers,
- SEND Leads/Teams,
- Social Care providers,
- neighbouring Health Trusts,
- Police including MAPPA/MARAC,
- ICB colleagues and TCP Teams,
- NHSE/I Regional & National Teams as appropriate,
- Primary Care Services,
- Advocacy,
- Third Sector Organisations (Local and National).
JOB PURPOSE:
The post holder will be responsible, with the DSR Lead for North Staffordshire, for driving forward the continued development of the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) for Children, Young People and Adults with a Learning Disability and or Autism, across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent where there is a risk of admission to a specialist learning disability service or mental health hospital.
The post holder will take the lead in the continued development and embedding of the DSR across South Staffordshire linking with the local partner organisations including local authorities, ICB and Education to manage the DSR for Children, Young People and Adults. The DSR is inclusive for people with a Learning Disability and /or Autism, where there is risk of admission to a specialist learning disability service or mental health hospital.
Please see the Job description, Person Specification and our DSR web page Dynamic Support Register - Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, ICS (staffsstokeics.org.uk) for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Health / Social Care Practitioner or equivalent degree level qualification (or Masters level qualification) within Health or Social care
- Training in project management (or willingness to undertake this)
Desirable
- Demonstration of continuous professional development in relation to people with learning disabilities and or/autism and people who require support with their mental health and/or complex behavioural needs
- PRINCE2 Qualification in Project Management
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience of working at a senior level in a Mental Health, Wellbeing, Education, Learning Disability and/or Autism Service.
- Relevant Local Authority/NHS/Public Sector/Third Sector experience
- Experience of working across other organisations and with other agencies including health and social partners
- Experience of handling sensitive and confidential data and knowledge of data protection and data security where relevant
- Experience in making presentations / presenting reports to senior managers
Desirable
- Experience of managing change and modernisation across services in the portfolio area
- Experience of implementing improvements to services demonstrating outcomes
- Experience of the use and benefits of DSRs
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate credibility with stakeholders within the field of Learning Disabilities and/or Autism.
- Knowledge of current Learning Disabilities and Autism/Transforming Care Agenda, CTR/CETR Policy and guidance
- Experience of coordinating and chairing meetings across a wide range of stakeholders
- Ability to work collaboratively with both statutory and third sector organisations, users and carers
Desirable
- Past involvement in DSRs in previous roles
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- Ability to adapt communication style to build positive relationships and inspire others
- The ability to communicate both orally and in writing with a wide range of people and organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Health / Social Care Practitioner or equivalent degree level qualification (or Masters level qualification) within Health or Social care
- Training in project management (or willingness to undertake this)
Desirable
- Demonstration of continuous professional development in relation to people with learning disabilities and or/autism and people who require support with their mental health and/or complex behavioural needs
- PRINCE2 Qualification in Project Management
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience of working at a senior level in a Mental Health, Wellbeing, Education, Learning Disability and/or Autism Service.
- Relevant Local Authority/NHS/Public Sector/Third Sector experience
- Experience of working across other organisations and with other agencies including health and social partners
- Experience of handling sensitive and confidential data and knowledge of data protection and data security where relevant
- Experience in making presentations / presenting reports to senior managers
Desirable
- Experience of managing change and modernisation across services in the portfolio area
- Experience of implementing improvements to services demonstrating outcomes
- Experience of the use and benefits of DSRs
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate credibility with stakeholders within the field of Learning Disabilities and/or Autism.
- Knowledge of current Learning Disabilities and Autism/Transforming Care Agenda, CTR/CETR Policy and guidance
- Experience of coordinating and chairing meetings across a wide range of stakeholders
- Ability to work collaboratively with both statutory and third sector organisations, users and carers
Desirable
- Past involvement in DSRs in previous roles
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- Ability to adapt communication style to build positive relationships and inspire others
- The ability to communicate both orally and in writing with a wide range of people and organisations
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).
