Advanced Practitioner Social Worker Learning Disabilities and Autism Team

2 weeks ago


Luton Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Connect2Luton Full time

Purpose of post:

The main purpose of this role is to support the operational manager to manage social work team(s) and contribute to the effective leadership, quality assurance, risk management and safeguarding matters, supporting the senior management team in delivering good quality services and effective integration between health and social care through collaboration with stakeholders and partners across the system. You will be expected to work with others to influence and shape the local environment, to promote social inclusion and accessibility and ensure that identified needs are understood individually, by locality and fed into strategic commissioning. To provide professional support, leadership and line management to qualified and some unqualified social workers and other staff as directed, who form part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team that includes qualified and unqualified social workers, occupational therapists, rehabilitation workers, enablement workers, reablement workers, local area coordinators and related support services. You will be expected to be able to cover for your line manager on occasion and to also to cover for Advanced Practitioners from other teams if required.

Principal responsibilities:

1. To carry a small caseload of complex cases, requiring a high level of

professional skill. To support the Operational Manager to monitor the duty and

review systems for the team and take corrective action when required.

Deploying staff resources and capacity ensuring the appropriate allocation of Assessed Aug 20 & Nov 20 Desktop Assessment EH work to individuals in order to meet Key Performance Indicator’s and Council priorities

2. To supervise, support and mentor staff who are responsible for 30% providing

assessments and adult social care services. Ensuring that decisions made

meet the legislative requirements of the Care Act 2014 and are therefore

strength based and holistic, incorporating need and risk. To ensure that moving

and handling assessments are compliant with legislative requirements. To

authorise assessments and reviews within delegated authority

Under the direction of the manager to recruit, motivate, coach and

support the development of staff, providing professional effective

supervision, dealing with performance and conduct issues promptly

within Council procedures.

3. Under the direction of the operational manager, using professional skills

and experience, provide practice guidance to team members ensuring

compliance with national and departmental policies, procedures, peer and

user feedback. Ensure that case recording is accurate, this includes using the

agreed quality assurance framework and acting on the findings to improve

practice and accountability

4. Support the Operational Manager to commission services, efficiently,

effectively and within budget, supporting the wider delivery of savings attributed

to adult social care. Challenging and reviewing care packages, support plans,

minor works and equipment to ensure value for money. Taking corrective action

to manage overspends.

5. Chairing safeguarding strategy meetings (and other meetings

concerning complex issues) as required and supporting staff who are

involved in carrying out safeguarding enquiries. Will be expected to take

part in “MARAC , MAPPA and VARAC” rota.

6. To support the Operational Manager and liaise with the Principal Social

Worker in matters relating to service development. Participating in the

development of strategic objectives and the production of departmental,

service and team plans, policies and procedures manage projects in

specialised and complex areas in line with departmental objectives and service

development needs.

7. Maintain effective links and working relationships within the Directorate,

relevant statutory, local voluntary and private agencies, primary care networks,

Health and other local with other professionals and Partners to achieve

effective integrated and joint working through initiatives that require a multiagency approach. Report any provider deficiencies identified by staff in the

team are reported to the Commissioning, Quality & Care Placement Team.

8. Responding to any complaints or FOI’s that your manager delegates to you

in line with departmental policy ensuring any learning is implemented and

shared accordingly across the wider team(s).

Key skills:

Experience of innovative service development or project management. Experience of working with adults with dementia, sensory impairments, mental health, autism, learning disabilities, physical disabilities. Significant experience of supervising social care staff

Rehabilitation knowledge for visually impaired and deaf/hard of hearing people. Some knowledge of current policy developments and relevant research Knowledge of the needs and cultures of different communities in Luton.



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