Advanced Practitioner - Preparing for Adulthood Team

Job Title: Advanced Practitioner - Preparing for Adulthood Team
Starting Salary: £48,226 plus £7,146 market enhancement, progressing to £53,460 plus £6,984 market enhancement pa – plus £1k one off welcome payment (subject to terms)
Hours: 37
Location: Apsley Hemel Hempstead or Farnham House, Stevenage (base location) with requirement to travel county wide - hybrid working model
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services

About the team

The 0-25 Together Service works to ensure a seamless provision for disabled children, young people and young adults up to the age of 25.

We aim to make sure that our children, young people and their families are provided with the necessary information, advice and support to enable them to be as independent as possible.

Although 0-25 is within Children Services we also have accountability to Adult Care Services and this role will have to be able to work across both directorates.

This Advanced Practitioner opportunity is to work in the Preparing for Adulthood Team working with children as they move into adulthood. The Team work to ensure a seamless move linking with wider networks to support this.

About the role

You will manage and case work children and young adults with autism, learning and physical disabilities and will be able to lead on good practice and personalisation as our young people move into adulthood ensuring their transition is planned and co-ordinated. You will have a thorough knowledge and experience of EHCP’s and the social care role within this.

You will help to support and develop the staff team consisting of Preparing for Adulthood Practitioners.

You must have experience of EHCP’s and working with wider networks within these.

About you

Essential:

• Registered social worker demonstrating a commitment to social work standards and sound value base.
• Recent experience within a social work team and supporting the workload and allocations
• Recent experience of supporting a duty system and being able to prioritise and respond flexibly to needs.
• Experience of working with CYP with SEND who are transitioning into adulthood.
• Knowledge of client finance, contributions, DRE and the implications of this as children reach adulthood.
• Experience of involvement with EHCP’s and supporting with Tribunals with a thorough knowledge of the legislation.
• Support and deputise for team manager.
• Full UK driving licence with regular access to a vehicle.

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 Sandra.Mann@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 4th March

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.