An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Music Co-ordinator/Tutor to join the Secure Care Division in a first-of-its-kind Life Rooms in Secure Care. The post will report to the Life Rooms Team Leader and Head of Rehabilitation and Recovery Services.

The successful candidate will have qualified teacher status and significant experience in Mental Health and/or Learning Disability practice.

Professional and operational supervision will be provided and the opportunity to engage in appropriate training to maintain CPD.

Main duties of the job

To undertake specialised teaching and related educational duties. To work as part of a team delivering an education curriculum.

Identify the learning needs of patients, in line with individual care programmes. Plan and deliver educational courses for patients across the Hospital.

Develop awareness of the needs of the individual patients and strive at all times to facilitate meeting these needs.

Contribute to the holistic assessment of individual patient needs devise educational programmes to meet these needs. Monitor, record and document the progress and programmes, to evidence the outcomes as identified by the principles of the CPA.

Assess specific learning needs of patients in their own specialist subject area.

To prepare patients for examinations and supervise patients at examinations.

To assesses and internally moderate all coursework for the purpose of such examinations.

To plan and prepare courses and lessons, in collaboration, as necessary, with other teachers.

Develop and implement teaching or accredited programmes for patients.

To keep abreast of developments and changes in respect of Rehabilitation and Educational trends.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details regarding requisite skills, duties and responsibilities for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status or DfES recognised teaching qualification, e.g., Degree and PGCE, BEd/CertEd, DTLLS or equivalent.
• Degree Level Music Qualification or A-Level Music
• Grade C or above in GCSE or equivalent in English and Mathematics
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Experience of working in a Mental Health setting
• Experience of subject accreditation
• Experience teaching adults or secondary school age students.

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

• Minimum of two years teaching experience
• Evidence of team working
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of developing and planning an educational curriculum

Desirable

• IT qualifications

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

Essential

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills
• Good organisational, written and presentation skills
• Ability to develop and foster positive professional working relationships.
• Flexibility to work across the High Secure Service
• Ability to engage in reflective practice.
• Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of activity.
• Ability to prioritise & meet deadlines
• Ability to evaluate and contribute towards improvement in professional practice and the work of the department.
• Effective resource management
• Decisive
• Competent ICT skills
• Uses initiative and can make decisions.
• Manages difficult situations effectively and aware of cultural, mental and physical needs.
• Confident in managing aggression/violence

Desirable

• Ability to introduce innovation and new working practices to staff

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Life Rooms - High Secure Services (Secure Care Division)

Maghull Health Park

Maghull

L31 1HW

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