Job summary
Come join the fantastic South Locality social work team! We are a vibrant community team based in Amersham at the heart of Chilterns.
Why join us?
We are closer then you think!
We are lucky to have really good transport links including easy access to M25 and M40 and therefore, we are commutable from various locations including Slough, Reading, Hillingdon, Luton and Bedfordshire. We are also outside of the ULEZ zone.
We invest in staff wellbeing
We understand that you cant give what you dont have so we focus on staff wellbeing to enable employees to support the most vulnerable communities. To achieve that we organise meditation and getting active sessions, pull together for team building and volunteering days and promote open and inclusive communication.
Robust induction
We have innovative approach to induction whereupon you will be provided with a buddy and presented with a schedule of shadowing opportunities already booked into your calendar to help you settle in to your role from the first day on the job.
Realistic expectations
You can expect a manageable caseload of up to 25 active cases and supportive approachable managers to guide you. You are never alone!
Staff Benefits
You will get free parking and an essential car user allowance. We will cover the cost of your annual Social Work England registration. You will also receive a Golden Hello lump-sum payment of £2000 paid on successful completion of your probationary period
Main duties of the job
Naturally, you will be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach where you think outside of the box and enable people to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care. Bringing your in-depth knowledge of the latest legislation and statutory guidance, youll work independently and with colleagues to support adults and their families. Persistence and an adaptable approach are needed in an outcome focused way with our partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders.
About us
Despite the challenges that Adult Social Care has faced within the last 12 months, our approach in Buckinghamshire has not been to take shelter and wait for the storm to pass. Instead, we have chosen totransform and restructure Adult Social Care so we can respond to a crisis as well as build for the future. We have created more roles in Social Work and Occupational Therapy; we are adapting to work much more closely with the community andsupport people near to where they live; we have developed a newcareer progression framework to encourage staff ambition and development; finally, to establish the conditions to deliveroutstanding practice, we have reduced the numbers that managers supervise and the caseloads the team have, to allow for more contact with our residents.
Initiated in 2019, our strength-based practice model, Better Lives, has been improving outcomes linked to independence, developing social connections, and improving areas that are important to the residents we support. Now in 2021, we are looking to refresh ourBetter Lives Strategyand develop our aspirations further.
We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire, Advanced Practitioners will ensure:
- Work in accordance with the Better Lives framework
- Promote and deliver goal-based support people to achieve greater independence
- Promote equality as an integral part of a role and treat everyone with fairness and dignity
- Provides a proactive personalised approach to the delivery of care and practice
- Respond to peoples needs in a timely manner
- Focus on improving peoples well-being
- Give people greater choice and control over the care that they receive
- Take account of peoples risks and safety at all times, identifying mitigations to reduce that risk
- Support people to achieve the outcomes that are most important to them using all available resources and taking responsibility for the public purse
- Provide personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning and review to individuals/families and their carers
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire, Advanced Practitioners will ensure:
- Work in accordance with the Better Lives framework
- Promote and deliver goal-based support people to achieve greater independence
- Promote equality as an integral part of a role and treat everyone with fairness and dignity
- Provides a proactive personalised approach to the delivery of care and practice
- Respond to peoples needs in a timely manner
- Focus on improving peoples well-being
- Give people greater choice and control over the care that they receive
- Take account of peoples risks and safety at all times, identifying mitigations to reduce that risk
- Support people to achieve the outcomes that are most important to them using all available resources and taking responsibility for the public purse
- Provide personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning and review to individuals/families and their carers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Social Work Advanced Practitioner - Qualified Social Worker
- Occupational Therapist Advanced Practitioner - a minimum of a 2:1 BSC degree in Occupational Therapy or COT Diploma qualification or equivalent
- Successful completion of qualifying year together with two years post qualifying experience of working with adults
Desirable
- Working towards a specialist area of work, e.g. Practice Educator, DoLs assessor, AMPH, specialist moving and handling
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience and evidence of undertaking direct work with vulnerable adults in a statutory setting and in relationship and strengths-based practice, working collaboratively with adults and their families.
- Proven experience in one or more areas of practice and have a broader knowledge of local and national resource networks.
- Detailed knowledge and experience in the application of relevant procedural and legislative frameworks, statutory guidance, standards and local policies and procedures in accordance to the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.
- Ability to demonstrate awareness of legislation relating to General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models and research findings.
- Ability to use advanced theoretical/ practical/ procedural/ organisational/ legal knowledge across a specialist area.
- Planning and workload management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff, and to engage effectively with adults with experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with adults.
- Accurate and timely case record keeping and high-quality report writing skills which are suitable for a variety of professional settings.
- Ability to manage, develop, motivate and work effectively as part of a team to achieve team and service plan objectives and
- targets.
- Demonstrates strong assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency outcome-focused plans to improve outcomes for adults using evidence-based practice
- Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term.
- Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of
- audiences.
- Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence
- Ability to determine which interventions, knowledge and skills to deploy to effectively respond to different issues.
- Proven ability to carry out tasks which impact on the wellbeing of people, including assessing needs, implementing care/welfare, implementing regulations, providing guidance on internal procedures and interpreting policies and procedures to meet specific circumstances or problems.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Experience of working in a physical/ community setting, and assessment and provision of specialist equipment and adaptations.
- Specialist moving and handling techniques and equipment.
Desirable
- Please attached job summary for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Social Work Advanced Practitioner - Qualified Social Worker
- Occupational Therapist Advanced Practitioner - a minimum of a 2:1 BSC degree in Occupational Therapy or COT Diploma qualification or equivalent
- Successful completion of qualifying year together with two years post qualifying experience of working with adults
Desirable
- Working towards a specialist area of work, e.g. Practice Educator, DoLs assessor, AMPH, specialist moving and handling
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience and evidence of undertaking direct work with vulnerable adults in a statutory setting and in relationship and strengths-based practice, working collaboratively with adults and their families.
- Proven experience in one or more areas of practice and have a broader knowledge of local and national resource networks.
- Detailed knowledge and experience in the application of relevant procedural and legislative frameworks, statutory guidance, standards and local policies and procedures in accordance to the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.
- Ability to demonstrate awareness of legislation relating to General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models and research findings.
- Ability to use advanced theoretical/ practical/ procedural/ organisational/ legal knowledge across a specialist area.
- Planning and workload management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build sound, productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other staff, and to engage effectively with adults with experience of using different tools and methodologies to communicate with adults.
- Accurate and timely case record keeping and high-quality report writing skills which are suitable for a variety of professional settings.
- Ability to manage, develop, motivate and work effectively as part of a team to achieve team and service plan objectives and
- targets.
- Demonstrates strong assessment skills and analysis of relevant information and develops multi agency outcome-focused plans to improve outcomes for adults using evidence-based practice
- Ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information, developing strategies and solutions for the medium and long term.
- Ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of
- audiences.
- Ability to practice effectively and competently with an increasing level of autonomy and independence
- Ability to determine which interventions, knowledge and skills to deploy to effectively respond to different issues.
- Proven ability to carry out tasks which impact on the wellbeing of people, including assessing needs, implementing care/welfare, implementing regulations, providing guidance on internal procedures and interpreting policies and procedures to meet specific circumstances or problems.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Experience of working in a physical/ community setting, and assessment and provision of specialist equipment and adaptations.
- Specialist moving and handling techniques and equipment.
Desirable
- Please attached job summary for full details.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
