Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £32,602 – £39,686 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic Education Team.
The post holder will work with the Violence Reduction Training Team in the responsibility for the delivery of all aspects of Personal Safety, Search, Violence Reduction and Physical Intervention training programme across the Trust.
The post holder will support the Senior Violence Reduction Trainer to deliver safe practice via the SABP bespoke training model. The post holder will support the Violence Reduction Lead, to identify the need for and advise on the level of, training and support required within specific areas.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist in the delivery of a dynamic training programme which promotes confidence, competence and safety within a training environment to minimise risk, injury and trauma to both staff and the people who use our services. The role will predominantly deliver training for a minimum of 2 days up to 4 days of the week. Be responsible for observing and risk assessing to make evidence based recommendations to ensure good practice and promote safer services. Excellent verbal communication skills are required with the confidence and ability to present to all levels of the organisation.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
With support of the Violence Reduction Lead and Senior Violence Reduction Trainer, develop and deliver high quality training programmes for Violence Reduction, Personal Safety and Incident Management, and Search.
To work with the Education team to schedule provision of courses, taking into account the demand, capacity and areas with high training need and low training compliance rates.
Provide training, guided by training needs analysis, both independently and alongside other certified trainers to a range of Trust staff.
– Manage training records in accordance with Information Governance, SABP policies, RRN procedures and legal requirements.
Support the Violence Reduction Lead and work with them in evaluate training course programme delivery and to monitor effectiveness including reviewing and making changes to the course content to ensure it meets the need of the service and individual needs.
– Work closely with clinical teams to identify problems within practice and provide advice, guidance and support to resolve identified issues by improving confidence, competence and promote safe practices within teams.
– Utilise specialist problem solving skills, advice and guidance on primary, secondary and tertiary issues that may arise in clinical practice.
Escalate concerns with practice and/or safeguarding issues, complaints, and queries to the Violence Reduction Lead and/or Service Manager.
Work with the wider Training Team to support delivery of other disciplines such as Basic Life Support, Moving &Handling and First Aid at Work on an ad-hoc basis.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- PMVA or similar certification
- UK Driving Licence with access to a vehicle
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in delivering Violence Reduction/PMVA
- Sound knowledge of relevant legislation such as Mental Health Act (1985/2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005), Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) and the Mental Health Units Use of Force Act (2018) and the impact of legislation upon clinical settings.
- Sound understanding of the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) standards.
Desirable criteria
- Minimum of 2 year’s experience working within a clinical setting desirably in Mental Health and/or Learning Disability
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
