*INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY* - Sensory Team Leader
Job Description
Job summary
Open to Internal MPFT Applicants Only
We are looking to recruit a band 7 Sensory Team Leader as a secondment position to work within the Sensory Team to support the Sensory Operational Service Delivery Lead. The post is initially full time but will reduce to 18.75 hours per week after a transition period and will be for an initial period of 12 months. The base will be dependent on negotiations with the appointed candidate.
You will lead a group of specialist staff working with those people with the most complex sensory needs as well as supporting colleagues in local generic integrated teams to build their knowledge, competence and confidence in undertaking assessments, reviews, support planning and safeguarding with people living with sensory loss and their families.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant with have significant experience of working as a sensory rehabilitation officer and be keen to develop their skills and experience further, especially in relation to leadership and team support. You will be expected to supervise and support team members and to manage performance and quality within the team and need to be flexible and dynamic in your approach.
MPFT is an integrated health and social are provider. As the Team Leader for this specialist team, you will be able to effectively support and enable the team members to support health and social care staff across the Trust who need further information, advice and guidance around sensory issues, to ensure compliance with the Care Act 2014, the Equality Act 2010 and the DCB1605 Accessible Information Standard, and also will be developing relationships with key local and national stakeholders, to ascertain co-production goals for multiagency and partnership working leading to improved outcomes for sensory citizens in Staffordshire.
You must be enthusiastic and positive with a strong commitment to the personalisation
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job responsibilities
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information of this role please see attached the job description and person specification.
Social Work Learning Academy (SWLA)
On appointment, the post holder will be auto-enrolled in the SWLA and aligned to the appropriate British Association of Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework. The relevant SWLA stage (i.e. stage 1 (ASYE), 2 (Social Worker) or 3 (Advanced Social Worker) will also be agreed taking all prior Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and relevant experience into consideration. The post holder will be required to take responsibility for their own Continuous Professional Development.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree level professional qualification - Health or Social Care.
- Professional Qualification in either social work or Diploma in Deafblind Studies
- Level 2 BSL (or to work towards L2 BSL)
- Evidence of post qualification training.
- Evidence of management training.
Experience
Essential
- Working with adults and / or children with sensory needs within a health and social care setting
- Experience of managing a team in an NHS or Social Care environment ?Risk Management ?Staff Management ?Budget management ?Performance Management ?Capacity and activity planning
- Experience of leading service transformation within a team.
- Experience of implementing innovative solutions within a team environment.
- Involvement in multiagency work
- Contributing to advanced safeguarding processes and investigations and ensure sensory citizen is safeguarded
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Moorlands House
Stockwell Street
Leek
ST13 6HQ
