Manual Handling Co-ordinator
Salary from £34744 to £38604 DoE plus benefits
Description: Manual Handling Co-ordinator
Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5
Location: Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6RQ
Salary: Salary from £34744 to £38604 DoE plus benefits
Originally founded in 1823, Seashell Trust is a nationally recognised and registered charity based in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport. The trust consists of the Royal School Manchester (RSM), Royal College Manchester (RCM), 17 residential care homes, outreach, health and family services all based on one campus site. We provide care and education for children and young people (up to 25 years old) with severe, profound, and complex learning difficulties and disabilities, sensory impairment, communication disorders and autism.
Our vision is for the children and young people in our care to be safe, happy and to achieve the best possible outcomes so that they are valued and valuable members of their communities. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers at Seashell to share this commitment.
We are recruiting a manual handling practitioner to support across the whole organisation. The Manual Handling Co-ordinator will promote the safe handling and represent the organisation, in dealing in all manual handling situations, including legal situations.
We are recruiting this position on a full time, basis and looking for someone who is able to offer some flexibility to work outside of normal hours as needed e.g. training care staff in evening and weekends.
Key responsibilities:
- Contribute to the design, development and evaluation of manual handling policies, procedures, handling documentation and audit tools.
- Support the use of evidence-based risk assessments for complex handling situations.
- Identify and evaluate a range of handling equipment to meet the needs of the organisation.
- Design, deliver and evaluate a range of training programmes for staff to meet the need of the organisation.
- Contributes to the design, interpretation and resulting action plans from audits and accident investigations.
- Contribute to a positive health and safety culture within the Trust
About you…
- Evidence of a strong knowledge and experience of working with young people with complex handling needs.
- Evidenced of manual handling training and willingness to attend an advanced manual handling qualification course.
- Willingness to be an active member of the national back care exchange.
- Willingness to attend regular CPD conferences and study days.
- GCSE or level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics
- At least 2 years of experience of working in a relevant area
- Ability to deliver presentations and coaching.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.