Community Learning Disability Team Facilitator

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month secondment post as a band 6 learning disability nurse within the Craven Children's Learning Disability Team.

This post provides a diverse experience combining supporting young people and their families/ carers in the home or school setting. This post also requires leadership responsibilities for the Craven Children's Learning Disability Team.

Closing Date: 4th April 2024

Shortlisting Date: 5th, 8th, 9th April 2024

Interview Date: 22nd April 2024

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist health and behaviour assessments to individuals referred to the Children's Learning Disability team. Interventions will be delivered across different settings including the person's home.

There will be a requirement to liaise with parents, partners and stakeholders to ensure responsive, effective, safe and person centred services are delivered.

The role will involve service development across the Children's Learning Disability service and the supervision and management of staff in the Children's Learning Disability Team.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Date posted

22 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-24-6172448

Job locations

Keighley Health Centre

Oakworth Road

Bradford

BD21 1SA

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake a range of comprehensive assessments to children and young people with highly complex and challenging needs. This assessment work requires a highly specialist knowledge base on which to practice.

To develop a range of interventions and specialised care plans. To develop a range of person centered, specialist interventions to meet the needs of children and young people with a learning disability.

To co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate highly complex interventions and packages of care within a defined caseload

Please see attached job descriptions for further details for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate highly complex interventions and packages of care within a defined caseload

Please see attached job descriptions for further details for this role.

Person Specification

Learning Disability Nurse

Essential

2 years experience

Leadership experience

Essential

Experience in leadership

Person Specification

Learning Disability Nurse

Essential

2 years experience

Leadership experience

Essential

Experience in leadership

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).