Best Interests Assessor

**Best Interests Assessor**:
**Closing date**: 04/11/2025

**Reference**: REQ106317
- 37 hours / Permanent
- 39,152 - 40,777 *
- Penmorfa, Aberaeron
- *All salary values are pro-rata.
- About the role

Are you passionate about supporting and safeguarding the rights of vulnerable individuals?

We are recruiting for a Best Interests Assessor (BIA) for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) to join our small and dedicated Mental Capacity Act Team. The post is full-time and permanent.

About the role:
You will undertake BIA assessments on behalf of Ceredigion in care homes within the county and neighbouring counties and complete thorough and legally compliant assessments to a very high standard. You will be assessing vulnerable adults which requires excellent communication, assessment and analytical skills and a commitment to a person-centred, rights-based approach.

Key responsibilities:

- BIA for DoLS

About you:

- professional qualification in social work, occupational therapy, nursing or psychology and be registered with the relevant professional body
- at least two years post-qualificaton experience
- trained as a BIA or hold a BIA qualification with experience of undertaking BIA assessments for DoLS
- excellent understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and associated Schedule A1, codes of practice and regulations for DoLS in Wales

Why Join Us?
- work in a close-knit, supportive team in a scenic rural community
- flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance
- ongoing professional development and training
- generous local government pension scheme and benefits

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

- Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.

Job Description and Person Specification
- What we offer
- Work-life balance
- Lifestyle savings scheme
- Generous employer pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Learning and development
- Where you'll work

**Porth Cynnal - Specialist Through Age Services**

Porth Cynnal provides intensive and specialist through-age assessment, care planning and review for those in need of longer term or complex care and support including quality assurance checks court and statutory interventions.

The service consists of the following teams:

- Planned Care: Adults and Children’s Care and Support and Statutory Interventions’ Teams
- Extended Support: Adult and Children’s Disability Team & Mental Capacity Specialist Support Team
- Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse Team, Youth Justice Statutory Team and IFSS/Edge of Care Team
- Mental Wellbeing: Mental Health and AMHP Team, School Counselling Team
- Safeguarding & Quality Improvement: Adult and Children’s Safeguarding Team, Independent Reviewing and Quality Assurance Team

**Penmorfa**

Penmorfa is our most central office, it is where our Chief Executive and Councillors are based.
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**Aberaeron**

Aberaeron is a picture perfect harbour town and is one of Ceredigion's best loved holiday destinations with fashionable places to stay and eat.