Job overview

Are you passionate about improving the health, wellbeing and outcomes of Learning Disabled Adults in Manchester?  Are you dynamic, forward-thinking and looking for your next challenge? If your answers are yes, then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for two experienced senior support workers to join  our team at our city-wide, three bed Short Break Service in  Wythenshawe, Manchester. 

 The role will involve providing person-centred care and support to individuals with a known learning disability who have associated complex communication and behaviour difficulties.

The Short Break Service is led by Learning Disability Nurses, alongside a PBS Practitioner and the team of senior support workers to provide short breaks, working closely with wider community team. Manchester Local Care Organisation is a pioneering, new public sector organisation. We're improving care by bringing together NHS community health and mental health services, primary care and social care services in the city.

We are part of the public sector and partnership organisation powered by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health, Manchester City Council, Manchester Health & Care Commissioning and the Manchester Primary Care Partnership

Main duties of the job

This role involves delivering care and support using person-centred approaches embedded within the PBS Model. Short Break Service is a busy service which supports adults with learning disabilities, who may also have a diagnosis of autism, complex communication and behavioural difficulties. 

Main duties include; providing care and support to individuals accessing the service including personal care and meals. Supporting with community access using public transport or the services vehicle, health monitoring, medication administration and managing finances. Senior Support Workers have link worker responsibilities and involved in the development of care plans and risk assessments and activity planning.

Senior support workers must be over 21 years old and hold a valid UK driving license as the service provides transport using a large (manual) nine-seater vehicle. 

This role includes link-working alongside the named nurse, liaising with members of the wider MDT and families to develop care plans and increase outcomes for this person.

Shift patterns include days and nights, covering a 24 hour service, seven days a week inclusive of sleep in and waking nights as per rota. 

Ability to work unsupervised and without direct managerial input. Lone working may be required. 

Training is provided in Physical Intervention and Breakaway,

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

 Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

 We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

 We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.