Job summary
The postholder is expected to help ensure a warm, supportive and homely atmosphere in Jasmine House that enables people who use the service to develop to their maximum potential. The postholder is also expected to promote and maintain clear, high quality standards and practices through leadership, participation, liaison and delegation of tasks, and to demonstrate a clear respect for individual's rights and reinforce this value at every opportunity.
Main duties of the job
Support the respite care managers and participate in organising and delivering in-service training, service development planning, budgeting, and roster responsibilities. Deputise for the Team Manager and represent them in team meetings as appropriate.
Lead by example and promote a professional, evidence-based practice for all. Be confident to raise concerns and challenge poor practice in the workplace where this standard and key result area fail to be observed.
Be able to assess situations and make decisions regarding risks, safeguarding or safety concerns and safe staffing issues. Provide support and guidance to colleagues to enable them to participate in these decisions. This approach is to be applied both in the regular place of work, as well as other services within Learning Disabilities as directed by the managers of the service.
Be able to carry out and/or support regular audits and continue to identify areas of service provision that require improvement. In response to this, participate in the design and delivery of a range of Qi projects that target weaker areas of care delivery and demonstrate positive outcomes.
Develop and sustain strong professional relationships with Divisional management, colleagues across the Division, colleagues in the community, the people we support, carers and families. Ensure that these relationships are based on respect, trust, inclusiveness and accountability.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
People who use our service - Duties
- To ensure a homely environment for the comfort and safety of all in Jasmine House.
- To ensure people that use the service can take as full a part in the local community and its activities as they are able, or wish.
- To plan, coordinate, help implement, and evaluate person centred care plans and individual training programmes for each person who uses the service and staff members.
- To ensure risks are managed effectively and an appropriate balance between risk and enabling service users to achieve positive outcomes is maintained.
- To help keyworkers coordinate Individual reviews or people who use the service.
- To provide adequate financial support to Jasmine House by careful budgeting.
- To liaise with potential people who will use the service, their families and other disciplines in preparing long term objectives to ensure the continuity of care and support.
- To administer medication as required.
Staff Duties
- To exercise leadership and set clear standards for all staff.
- To organise and attend regular staff meetings at least monthly.
- To undertake individual supervision sessions with designated Jasmine House team members at least monthly as agreed with the manager.
- To ensure that each member of staff is aware of, and works to the policies of the Trust and Jasmine House.
- To be actively involved in staff recruitment for Jasmine House.
- To be responsible for coordinating induction training for new members of staff.
- To act as a positive role model for colleagues and others through personal and professional conduct and practice.
Management Duties
- It is the Assistant Team leaders responsibility to help ensure that effective communication occurs within the Jasmine House team, and across the Learning Disability Services.
- To help organise, participate in, and lead in-service training.
- To take part in planning the short term, and long term development of Jasmine House.
- To regularly monitor and record the quality of care in Jasmine House.
- To support the manager in coordinating the introduction of prospective people who use the service according to their needs.
General Duties
- To produce reports and written materials as required.
- To fully participate in the Trusts performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis
- To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales
- To deputise for Jasmine House Deputy Manager as required.
- To undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
Additional Duties
- All staff will have a sound awareness of Safeguarding issues and be clear about their respective roles and responsibilities to report, respond to and share information in relation to Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Children, Domestic Abuse and Public Protection.
- All staff will have knowledge of and adhere to the Data Protection Act and will not disclosure to any person or organisation, any confidential information that comes into their possession in the course of their employment.
- To fully participate in the Trusts performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis.
- Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager as part of the personal development planning process.
- To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
People who use our service - Duties
- To ensure a homely environment for the comfort and safety of all in Jasmine House.
- To ensure people that use the service can take as full a part in the local community and its activities as they are able, or wish.
- To plan, coordinate, help implement, and evaluate person centred care plans and individual training programmes for each person who uses the service and staff members.
- To ensure risks are managed effectively and an appropriate balance between risk and enabling service users to achieve positive outcomes is maintained.
- To help keyworkers coordinate Individual reviews or people who use the service.
- To provide adequate financial support to Jasmine House by careful budgeting.
- To liaise with potential people who will use the service, their families and other disciplines in preparing long term objectives to ensure the continuity of care and support.
- To administer medication as required.
Staff Duties
- To exercise leadership and set clear standards for all staff.
- To organise and attend regular staff meetings at least monthly.
- To undertake individual supervision sessions with designated Jasmine House team members at least monthly as agreed with the manager.
- To ensure that each member of staff is aware of, and works to the policies of the Trust and Jasmine House.
- To be actively involved in staff recruitment for Jasmine House.
- To be responsible for coordinating induction training for new members of staff.
- To act as a positive role model for colleagues and others through personal and professional conduct and practice.
Management Duties
- It is the Assistant Team leaders responsibility to help ensure that effective communication occurs within the Jasmine House team, and across the Learning Disability Services.
- To help organise, participate in, and lead in-service training.
- To take part in planning the short term, and long term development of Jasmine House.
- To regularly monitor and record the quality of care in Jasmine House.
- To support the manager in coordinating the introduction of prospective people who use the service according to their needs.
General Duties
- To produce reports and written materials as required.
- To fully participate in the Trusts performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis
- To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales
- To deputise for Jasmine House Deputy Manager as required.
- To undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
Additional Duties
- All staff will have a sound awareness of Safeguarding issues and be clear about their respective roles and responsibilities to report, respond to and share information in relation to Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Children, Domestic Abuse and Public Protection.
- All staff will have knowledge of and adhere to the Data Protection Act and will not disclosure to any person or organisation, any confidential information that comes into their possession in the course of their employment.
- To fully participate in the Trusts performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis.
- Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager as part of the personal development planning process.
- To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 5 years experience supporting people with a Learning Disability
- Evidence of further personal development
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification i.e. RNLD/RMN/RGN (or equivalent) or Significant experience working with people with a Leaning Disability and completion of a recognised NHS Leadership qualification (or willingness to complete within the first year)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 5 years experience supporting people with a Learning Disability
- Evidence of further personal development
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification i.e. RNLD/RMN/RGN (or equivalent) or Significant experience working with people with a Leaning Disability and completion of a recognised NHS Leadership qualification (or willingness to complete within the first year)
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Jasmine House - Short Breaks
Jasmine House, The Meadows, West Park Road, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PB, United Kingdom
Epsom
KT19 8PB
Employer's website
https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)
