PPT Senior Co-ordinator

Job overview

The Positive Partnerships Team is part of the Essex Learning Disability Partnership (ELDP) and works with service users, family carers, social care provider services and local community organisations across Essex to ensure people with a learning disability and challenging complex needs are supported safely and effectively to live a fulfilling life.

This post will manage and co-ordinate the caseload of individuals open to PPT, be one of the lead contacts for PPT, and supervise other colleagues within PPT, as appropriate. In addition, the Senior Coordinator will take a lead with developing the service, responding to new initiatives accordingly, keeping abreast of local and national drivers to continue to support the direction of PPT within the 3 relevant frameworks.

The Senior Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring effective tools are in place for continued service evaluation and will support the Team Leader to demonstrate the effectiveness of the service. All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

All of our training is competency based and ongoing Practice Development opportunities ensure new knowledge and skills are embedded and implemented.

Main duties of the job

Facilitating access to specialist services early, before the problem becomes intractable.

Facilitating access to mainstream services where this is appropriate and ensuring that reasonable adjustments are made

Providing long term support for people who have returned to the county as part of the transitions from long stay institutions and Assessment and Treatment Units to community settings 2.

Reduce the number of admissions to inpatient assessment and treatment services by responding to problems as they first emerge.

Increasing capacity within the Community Learning Disability Heath Team to manage the additional demand arising from the transition of complex service users back to Essex by providing long-term support once the initial assessment and intervention phases have been completed.

Reducing the number of people placed in out-of-county placements PPT provide long-term support for identified people with complex needs by identifying and responding to potential problems as they emerge, identifying early signs of placement breakdown and linking the person into appropriate services. PPT is an integral part of the Community Learning Disability Health Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PPT in Essex will deliver training and practice development opportunities to family carers and paid support staff to equip them with the appropriate skills to be effective in supporting people to live in the community and more able to achieve real gains in people’s quality of life. PPT will deliver training in the following areas:

• Person Centred Active Support
• Positive Behaviour Support
• SPELL, Introduction to Autism

The PPT Senior Co-ordinator’s role will include:

• Supporting people with a learning disability and challenging behaviour to live in welcoming and supportive communities.
• Supporting and delivering relevant training and ongoing practice development opportunities to the individuals’ support network
• Providing personalised, flexible and responsive support to assist individuals, families, services and communities to access accurate and timely information to clarify their goals, strengths and needs
• Operating as a service co-ordinator (rather than a service provider) and helping the referred person and their families/carers to plan, select and receive needed supports and services
• Assisting people and their supports/services to manage barriers and constraints in achieving their preferred lifestyle, including: - assisting local services to act early before the barriers and constraints jeopardise the person’s ability to remain in their local community - to identify creative and effective local solutions - support the person’s access to social care services and other additional supports - facilitating the person’s timely access to other functions within the Community Assessment and Treatment Service and other specialist health supports when needed
• Monitoring the quality of services and supports and the implementation of established support plans and protocols.
• Supporting the development of inclusive communities through partnership and collaboration with individuals and families/carers, local organisations and the broader community.