Children's Community Learning Disability Team Leader

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Children's Community Learning Disability Team Leader to join our well established dynamic, forward thinking and friendly Children's Community Learning Disability Team. The post is 30 hours per week; you will be required to work flexibly over 5 week days (Monday-Friday)., The post will require working with children and families on an individual basis, managing a case load and delivering programmes of care. The job would include the line management of the Learning Disability Team. A range of community work will be undertaken, including specialist behavioural assessments to formulate interventions, strategies and positive behaviour support plans. The post holder will contribute and facilitate parent training programmes such as "Riding the Rapids" and Sleep Support. The training of other professionals is also essential for this role. The post holder will be required to work primarily in the family home, but also in other settings such as school / hospital., We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have prior experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. Due to this being a community role, it is essential you have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle. In return we can offer you clinical / peer supervision, support from the wider children's community nursing service, line management by the Children's Community LD Matron and opportunities to develop professionally., Highly developed communication and problem solving skills are necessary, along with resilience and emotional intelligence to work in emotionally challenging situations. The ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines is essential. Good organisational skills, reporting skills and writing outcome focused care plans is required.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice