Advanced Practitioner

Job Title: Advanced Practitioner
Starting Salary: £48,226 progressing to £53,460 per annum plus £1,000 welcome payment, relocation & car lease schemes (terms apply)
Hours: 37.0
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

The St Albans Locality is comprised of 2 teams, St Albans and Harpenden & Villages Older People Teams. The Teams are a mix of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Community Care Officers. As a Team we are committed to fostering a sense of team cohesion supporting each other’s well-being.

The team supports an integrated approach to managing the care of people who have ongoing care and support needs. You will have the ability to undertake innovative assessments and care planning with individuals, carers and their personal support networks.

We promote personalisation focusing on the wellbeing of the individual. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by enabling people to direct their own support. You will gain extensive experience in the field of adult social care, safeguarding practice and multi-disciplinary working.

About the role

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will lead on peer developmentand 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 assessments, 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 with a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.
• Full driving licence
• Actively undertakes a specialist rolee. 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.

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 richard.stenhouse@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 26 February

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.

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.