Advanced Practitioner for Community Learning

**Job number**

LBC02911

**Contract Type**

Permanent

**Posting End Date**

10 September 2024

**Job Area**

Adult Social Care

**About us**:
Our ambitious **Luton 2040 Vision **- that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

**About the job**:
**Hours per week: 37**
**Contract type: Permanent**

We have a highly rewarding opportunity within the Community Learning Disability and Autism Team where you will provide professional support, leadership and line management assisting the team to promote the independence, inclusion and well-being of all adults with a learning disability enabling them to have control over their lives and ensure we comply with the Luton Council and Safeguarding Adults Boards policies and procedures.

The multi-disciplinary team consists of Community Learning Disability Nurses, Social Workers, and Social Care Assessors, our range of involvement includes care management, transitions, safeguarding and mental health as well as enabling people to gain independent skills and meaningful employment. We are currently undertaking a number of exciting strengths based approach projects including personal technology, connecting people and asset based community development.

In this vital role, you will provide leadership on risk and safeguarding and professional social work matters and to promote personalised care pathways ensuring choice and control for all eligible individuals.

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.

**About you**:
We need someone who can successfully motivate and build a team consistently to achieve and exceed personal and team objectives.

You will have the opportunity to develop on your already existing in depth knowledge and understanding of Social Care legislation and regulations. This would include personalisation, eligibility criteria, rehabilitation and reablement, Safeguarding and MCA, DOLS, Multi-disciplinary complex case work, CQC Care Standards and personal technology.

We do ask that you have a degree or equivalent Social Work qualification, registered with professional body and demonstrable commitment to professional development.

**Application process**:
**Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.**

**Additional information**:
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

- **From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave**: linked to length of service and grade
- **Buying annual leave scheme**:buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- **Career Pathways**: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- **Pension scheme**:with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- **Employee Assistance Programme**: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- **Work/life balance**: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- **Training and support**:unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- **Staff offers**: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- **Arriva Travel Club**: great value savings on local bus travel