Moving & Handling Advisor (Clinical)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Moving and Handling Advisor (Clinical) to join our Children’s Trust School. You will provide high quality; evidence based moving and handling risk assessments and promote safe systems of work. The role will offer formal training to internal staff, as well as child/ young person specific consultation around safe moving and handling assessment, guidance and equipment use.

Additionally, you will provide effective communication and training within House-based multidisciplinary teams. Our service delivery aims to promote outcome focussed interventions, safe care, function, and participation, of children and young people accessing The Children’s Trust clinical services

Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below

Role Requirements

• Lead the provision of high quality, evidence based moving and handling consultation for children and young people attending The Children’s Trust School and rehabilitation services, in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team and education services.
• Undertake specialist moving and handling risk assessments of children with highly complex needs e.g., multiple co-morbidities, neurodisability and chronic conditions, through standardised and non-standardised assessments and clinical observations.
  • Monitor and review the moving and handling risk assessment processes, documentation, and reporting system.
  • Devise and support moving and handling plans that fit within the child’s daily routine, whether to be carried out by parents or members of the Multidisciplinary Team; these should be monitored, evaluated, and adjusted appropriately according to the needs of the child.
  • Develop goals in collaboration with the child and family, as well as the multidisciplinary and education teams, other health professionals and external agencies, to facilitate participation in their environment.
  • Teach, integrate, and monitor safe moving and handling techniques, whether they are carried out by parents, school staff, therapy staff, nursing, or care staff.
  • Assess for and organise provision of necessary moving and handling equipment. This may be loaned equipment for use at The Children’s Trust or recommendations for equipment for long-term use on return to home.
  • Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal, professional and all other requirements of The Children’s Trust.
  • Provide reporting on training and assessment compliance, sharing information with the Health & Safety and clinical asset team.
  • Implement the moving and handling policy approach to MDT working across the site
  • Report on moving and handling key performance indicators, feeding into Clinical Governance Develop and implement audits on moving and handling documentation to ensure it is kept up to date, complies with statutory requirements and is fit for purpose.
  • Ensure that findings from audits and inspections are presented in such a way as to highlight good practice and support learning.
  • Become a member of the National Back Exchange, providing feedback to Moving & Handling Coordinators and Moving & Handling Risk Assessors from attending relevant conferences.
  • Provide leadership (within the context of moving and handling) across The Children’s Trust.
  • Be a positive and inspirational role model for all team members.
  • Work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team, as well as the child and family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall management of the child.

Interview Date: TBC

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact the Recruitment & Compliance Team, on 01737 365 880 or email: recruitment@thechildrenstrust.org.uk

For more information and for a copy of the candidate briefing pack please click here

Terms and Conditions

PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process. 

Strictly no agencies, please.

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Staff Benefits

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, Zest; our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.  Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected.  The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.