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Advanced Practitioner Learning Disabilities and Autism Team

2 months ago


Luton, Luton, United Kingdom Connect2Luton Full time

Title: Advanced Practitioner Social Work

Department: Public Health & Wellbeing

Division: Adult Social Care

Responsible to: Operational Manager - Either Early Intervention, Prevention & Stabilisation or Long Term Support, Safeguarding,

Hospital - Adult Social Care

Grade: M2

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:

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 work to individuals in order to meet Key Performance Indicator's and Council priorities.

To supervise, support and mentor staff who are responsible for 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 V.(phone number removed) 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, 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 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.

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.

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. 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 multi-agency approach. Report any provider deficiencies identified by staff in the team are reported to the Commissioning, Quality & Care Placement Team. 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).

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Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.