Assistant Coordinator

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for an Assistant Coordinator for its Positive Partnerships Team. The role involves supporting training and practice development for care providers working with people with learning disabilities. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in this area, demonstrating a person-centred approach. The position offers a unique opportunity to positively impact the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Qualifications

• Evidence of academic achievement.
• At least two years of experience working with people with a learning disability who have mental health needs.
• Experience demonstrating a person-centred approach.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of training for care organisations.
• Facilitate practice development focused on Positive Behaviour Support.
• Engage with care providers to support people with learning disabilities.

Skills

Working with people with learning disabilities

Positive Behavioural Support

Data collation and interpretation

Promoting independence and social inclusion

Multidisciplinary working

Education

NVQ Level 3

Relevant qualification in learning disabilities

Tools

IT systems for data collation

Job description

Assistant Coordinator – Positive Partnerships Team

The Positive Partnerships Team is an integral part of the Specialist Learning Disabilities Service and works closely with other health and social care services within Hertfordshire. Working within the Positive Behaviour Support Framework, the Assistant Coordinator will support the delivery of additional consistent and effective training and ongoing practice development opportunities to care organisations to help strengthen their capacity to provide robust and skilled support for people with a learning disability.

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 looking to recruit an Assistant Coordinator with experience of working with people with a learning disability and their support network. The Positive Partnerships Team provides training and support to care provider organisations in Positive Behavioural Support and other person‑centred approaches.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of consistent and effective training for care organisations.
• Facilitate ongoing practice development opportunities focused on Positive Behaviour Support.
• Engage with care providers to strengthen their capacity to support people with a learning disability.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Evidence of academic achievement.
• NVQ Level 3 (or ability to undertake it).
• Relevant qualification in working with people who have a learning disability, or ability to undertake such a qualification.
• At least two years' experience working with people with a learning disability who have mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge.
• Experience of data collation and interpretation.
• Experience of supporting people with a learning disability and their family/carers, demonstrating a person‑centred approach.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working, including practical knowledge 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.
• Good working knowledge of IT systems to support data collation.
• Ability to work under direction and indirect supervision.
• Ability to work flexibly.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Car Driver's licence (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
• Ability to work under indirect supervision.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can assess their eligibility for sponsorship by reviewing the criteria on the UK Visa website.

About HPFT

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match the leading role in mental health and specialist learning disability services. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of “Outstanding” from the Care Quality Commission, and we aim to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 4000 staff provides health and social care for over 400 000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Norfolk. We offer a range of nationally commissioned specialist services, including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, and 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 and Professional.