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Job Title: Moving and Handling Advisor
Location: Manchester City Council
Area: North West Social Services
Salary: £36ph
Job Type: Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Service: MEAP Moving and Handling Team
Job Details:
- Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist required for the MEAP Moving and Handling Team.
- Provide specialist moving and handling assessments to support individuals to remain safely and independently in their own homes.
- Undertake complex moving and handling risk assessments and provide recommendations for equipment and adaptations.
- Assess and recommend specialist equipment including ceiling track hoists, slings and other moving and handling aids.
- Develop safe moving and handling plans tailored to individual needs.
- Deliver training to families and paid carers on safe manual handling techniques and the correct use of equipment.
- Work collaboratively with health professionals, care agencies, families and other key stakeholders to deliver coordinated care.
- Promote independence, choice, safety and quality of life through appropriate risk management and equipment provision.
- Support delivery of an efficient, cohesive and cost-effective community service.
Skills / Experience:
- Extensive experience in moving and handling assessments within community or social care settings.
- Accredited manual handling of people training.
- Experience delivering moving and handling training to carers and family members.
- Experience assessing for specialist equipment including hoists, slings and complex adaptations.
- Trusted Assessor Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience assessing for equipment and major adaptations.
- Strong risk assessment skills and ability to produce safe moving and handling plans.
- Knowledge of models of practice relating to moving and handling assessments and interventions.
- Understanding of social care legislation and community care frameworks.
- Ability to work independently and hit the ground running in a fast-paced service.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Desirable:
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.
- Knowledge of complex equipment and major adaptations.
Code: U.XMS 000A D8E0 / 1. 009003.B19856