Assistant Coordinator, formerly known as Support Worker

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you interested in being a part of an exciting initiative within the Specialist Learning Disability Service in Hertfordshire?

Do you have the passion and energy to make a real difference in the lives of people with an intellectual disability, by developing robust, personalised, flexible and responsive support?

We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Coordinator with experience of working with people with learning disabilities and their support network.

The Positive Partnerships Team (PPT) is part of the Specialist Learning Disabilities Service in Hertfordshire. PPT provides training and support to care provider organisations in Positive Behavioural Support and other person-centred approaches.

If you have experience of working with people with a learning disability in a supportive role and would like to apply your skills and knowledge to help others develop their approach, then this could be for you.

The Positive Partnerships Team is an integral part of our Specialist Learning Disabilities Service and works closely with other health and social care services within Hertfordshire.

The Posts will be based at Saffron Ground, Stevenage and Colne House in Watford.

Travel by car throughout the area covered by the service is essential.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Coordinator will support the delivery of consistent and effective training and on-going practice development opportunities to care organisations to help strengthen their capacity to provide robust and skilled support to people living in Hertfordshire as part of the Transforming Care programme.

The postholder will also help identify local community resources for people to engage in in their local area, they will support with information gathering and will work alongside other members of the team contributing to service delivery and supporting other service initiatives.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Date posted

20 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum pro rata+ 5% of basic salary, min £1,192-max £2,011

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-LD&F-8022-B

Job locations

Colne House, Watford, WD18 0JL

Upton Road

Watford

SG1 3LJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of academic achievement.
NVQ Level 3 or the ability to undertake it

Desirable

Relevant qualification in working with people who have a Learning Disability, or the ability to undertake this.

Experience

Essential

At least two years' experience of working with people with a learning disability, who have mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge.

Desirable

Experience of supporting people with a learning disability and their family/carers demonstrating a person centred approach.

Knowledge

Essential

A working knowledge and practical experience of Positive Behavioural Support and Person Centred Active Support.
Demonstrable ability to promote the independence and social inclusion of people with a learning disability.
Recent experience of developing effective partnerships with people with learning disabilities, and their support network.

Desirable

Knowledge of the SPELL framework.

Physical Skills

Essential

Car Driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of academic achievement.
NVQ Level 3 or the ability to undertake it

Desirable

Relevant qualification in working with people who have a Learning Disability, or the ability to undertake this.

Experience

Essential

At least two years' experience of working with people with a learning disability, who have mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge.

Desirable

Experience of supporting people with a learning disability and their family/carers demonstrating a person centred approach.

Knowledge

Essential

A working knowledge and practical experience of Positive Behavioural Support and Person Centred Active Support.
Demonstrable ability to promote the independence and social inclusion of people with a learning disability.
Recent experience of developing effective partnerships with people with learning disabilities, and their support network.

Desirable

Knowledge of the SPELL framework.

Physical Skills

Essential

Car Driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995)

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.