Person Safety Lead, 35 hours per week. Working in the North West of England, driver essential
Alternative Futures Group
- Liverpool
- £45,114 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- A person-centred, strengths-based, & outcome-focused support model that supports active citizenship, health and well-being.
- CQC ratings of Good or Outstanding in all services and domains.
- A philosophy of continuous improvement, co-production & innovation.
- Promoting a safe environment for vulnerable adults and forge positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in relation to the health, wellbeing and safety of the people we support.
- Providing support to operations to improve the quality of service delivery, ensuring services meet or exceed quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- There is no budget responsibility.
- Work across departments to ensure the organisation is compliant with regulatory requirements and fulfils its duties and responsibilities in line with evidence-based practice, sector guidance and contractual requirements.
- Support operational managers and staff to identify individuals at risk of harm from high-risk conditions, behaviours or events.
- Provide specialist advice and support to operational managers and staff to manage these risks across the organisation with relevant policies, procedures and documentation.
- Proactively promote the health and wellbeing agenda for the people we support.
- Act as the organisation lead for person safety around high-risk areas including (but not limited to) choking, falls, sepsis, medication errors and epilepsy.
- Ensure that Quality and Governance Systems are implemented to monitor performance against the required regulations and standards.
- Co-ordinate the review of organisational policies and procedures.
- Provide and assist in the provision of reports to internal and external partners.
- Engage and attend local and national provider forums/meetings.
- Advise and support operational managers in meeting and exceeding sector standards.
- Collect, collate and analyse information to assist compliance and service improvement.
- Create links with other organisations which facilitate shared learning and the development of best practice.
- Use a structured programme of audit actions, KPIs, themes and trends to manage systematic quality improvement projects using a standardised QI model.
- Support the person supported engagement and co-production agenda involving people with lived experience in quality monitoring and improvement.
- Undertake themed operational, quality and safety audits.
- Analyse all audit activity to monitor and report KPIs, identify and report on themes and trends for good practice and areas for improvement and lessons learned at organisational level.
- Develop, and coordinate, service delivery improvement plans.
- Produce a monthly quality and safety report for the Investigations & Compliance Manager
- Produce any other quality and safety reports as required internally and externally.
- Undertake investigations of serious incidents across the organisation.
- Provide expert support, advice and guidance to operational managers to improve the quality of service delivery, ensuring services meet or exceed quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Coaching operational managers on quality, safety and improvement, personalisation, co-production and outcomes.
- Resilient and able to work at a pace and manage competing priorities.
- Highly numerate and excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) to both operational and corporate colleagues.
- IT literate.
- An understanding of contemporary models of mental health, learning disability and autism support in adult health and social care.
- An understanding of relevant health and social care legislation and regulatory frameworks.
- Awareness of the policy context of adult health and social care.
- Passion for making a positive difference in the lives of others
- Commitment to AFG values
- At least 3 years’ experience working in adult health or social care supporting people with learning disability, autism or mental health problems.
- Experience of working within a creative and innovative environment and using a range of reporting tools and evidence to inform and improve practice.
- Experience of CQC regulatory compliance framework and maintaining high standards of quality and safety.
- Monitoring and reporting quality, safety and operational KPIs for assurance and improvement.
- Experience of high-risk behaviours, conditions or events including choking, falls, epilepsy and medication errors.
- Registered Nurse / DipSW / NVQ Level 5 in Management or equivalent professional /academic qualification.
- Car driver with full licence.
- Ability to travel across the North West.
- Expectation to be in services at least 3 days per week.