Advanced Practitioner

Job Title: Advanced Practitioner
Starting Salary: £48,226 progressing to £53,460 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Watford
Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term contract or secondment opportunity
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

This exciting opportunity is to lead the Early Intervention Team

The Advanced Practitioner will provide clinical and professional leadership within the Early Intervention Vehicle (EIV) service, working in a co‑located, multidisciplinary environment alongside health professionals to deliver rapid, integrated responses for individuals at risk of hospital admission. The role involves supervising Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) community care staff, supporting complex decision‑making, and ensuring safe, proportionate and timely assessments and interventions. The postholder will work closely with NHS colleagues, voluntary sector partners and commissioning teams to coordinate care, enable people to remain in their usual place of residence, and promote independence. The role operates on a shift pattern between 8:00am and 6:30pm, with occasional weekend working, supporting the seven‑day operation of the EIV service.

About the role

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will lead on peer development and practice, supports and supervise staff to develop their skills and knowledge in line with related legislation including The Care Act and Hertfordshire’s Connected Lives principles to contribute to the ongoing development of the service.

Advanced Practitioners are responsible for delivering high quality statutory social care including recognising safeguarding, delivering assessment, supervision and care management functions as well as developing innovative, creative community solutions.

Advanced Practitioners are pivotal in developing links with the local community through undertaking multi-agency work with partner organisations, providers, professionals, individuals, families, and carers.

There is responsibility for ensuring that all statutory health and social care responsibilities are met and delivered to a high standard including safeguarding, assessment, supervision, and care management functions.

We are re-energising our adult social care model of Connected Lives approach that has a strong ethos of strength-based working, identifying personal goals and ensuring personal, family and community resources are utilised to achieve positive outcomes for people.

About you

Essential:

• Qualified social worker or Occupational Therapist with a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.
• Full driving licence
• Actively undertakes a specialist role i.e. Moving and Handling Practitioner, Practice Educator, Approved Mental Health Practitioner, Best Interest Assessor - or agreement to undertake a specialist role within the first year of the role.
• You will have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of adult social care, with an emphasis on safeguarding practice and related legislation.
• You will have the ability to manage competing service priorities and a sound grasp of current legislation, personalisation agenda and meeting the business objectives of the department.
• Demonstrating management potential, you will have excellent all-round communication and negotiation skills working with the Statutory, Voluntary and Independent sector partners.
• You will follow Hertfordshire’s Connected Lives Practice Principles by promoting independence and delivering person-centred care. Using your expertise in the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and other legislation, you will manage complex cases and support good practice across the team. You will work closely with hospital staff and care providers to ensure effective care planning and resource management.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

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This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC12 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Health and social care

To hear more about this opportunity please contact julianne.dempsey@hertfordshire.gov.uk - Service manager South and west older person service or Simone.Pearce@Hertfordshire.gov.uk - Team manager for Southwest Early Intervention Team for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: TBC

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Secondment
This position is open to secondments. If you work for HCC or any other Local Authority and would like to be considered as a Secondment contract, please ensure you complete the Secondment Form as part of your application. If you do not, your application will be considered as a Fixed Term Contract only.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.